they're not near opus at all, anyone using the models in a real working environment will tell you the same thing. on paper they have impressive benchmarks, but that's not realistic to actual use.
replyI think it depends on your use case. For my personal projects (a mix of webdev & some Rust desktop apps) it's honestly very close to Opus 4.8 (which I use in my day job).
replyI don't feel like I'm missing out after cancelling my personal Claude subscription, whereas I used to feel that way a few months ago.
I've been using GLM 5.2 a lot this past week, it's been replacing Opus 4.8. I mostly do front-end web development and haven't noticed much of a quality difference.
replySure, "it's just frontend", but that's actual use enough for me to take it seriously.