Anthropic Reclaims the AI Coding Crown With Claude 4 [Video]

Anthropic unveiled its new AI models, Claude Sonnet 4 and Claude Opus 4. The launch comes at a time when the company needed a strong response to maintain its position against rivals like Google Gemini.

Claude Opus 4 claims the title of “world’s best coding model”, while Claude Sonnet 4 offers significant improvements over its predecessor. Both models introduce extended thinking capabilities and enhanced tool usage.

However, one question remains: are these improvements substantial enough to stop the loss of users and be a favourite for developers again?

Early feedback from major tech companies and several reports suggests that Claude 4 might have found the right formula for a comeback.

Building Rapport in AI Coding

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Claude Opus 4’s performance on coding benchmarks appears impressive on paper. It achieved 72.5% on SWE-bench and 43.2% on Terminal-bench.

Claude Sonnet 4 significantly improves on Sonnet 3.7’s industry-leading capabilities, excelling in coding with a state-of-the-art 72.7% on SWE-bench. Claude Sonnet 4 …

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