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Opus 4.8 medium vs SWE-2 Max high

No clear quality winner: SWE-2 Max high won 15, Opus 4.8 medium won 3, 6 tied; Opus 4.8 medium leads on agent time: 2.9× faster; SWE-2 Max high’s cost wasn’t recorded.

24 tasksData from

Stet score

Opus 4.8 mediumclaude-code · medium reasoningRank 12 of 15

39.895% range 29.7–50.2

SWE-2 Max highdevin · high reasoningRank 2 of 15

65.195% range 55.2–74.725.3 points higher

Their 95% score ranges don’t overlap.

Cost / task

Opus 4.8 medium$7.05
SWE-2 Max highnot recorded

Agent time / task

Opus 4.8 medium23.3 min2.9× faster
SWE-2 Max high68.3 min

Quality

Head-to-head matchups

Opus 4.8 medium won3

Tied6

SWE-2 Max high won15

SWE-2 Max high’s win share 76%, 95% range 61–89%Ties are within judge noise.

Task by task

Opus 4.8 medium solved 1 task that SWE-2 Max high didn’t, and SWE-2 Max high solved 4 that Opus 4.8 medium didn’t. Both solved 12; neither solved 7.

Opus 4.8 medium only 1

  • stet-43493c52Passed tests

SWE-2 Max high only 4

  • stet-2450ca2dPassed tests
  • stet-commit-342d0ac0Equivalent to the merged fix
  • stet-commit-5e075641Passed tests
  • stet-commit-a8716b88Equivalent to the merged fix

A task counts as solved when its tests passed or a judge found the fix equivalent to the merged change, as in the leaderboard’s Solved column. Stet score also weighs code quality, so it can order the two differently.

All 24 compared tasks
Task by task
TaskOpus 4.8 mediumSWE-2 Max highSolved by
stet-3169aefaPassed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-89dfbc27Passed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-b28f4fe7Passed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-232b50baPassed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-5276aa3fPassed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-commit-bbbbae09Passed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-15439c21Passed testsEquivalent to the merged fixBoth
stet-66762b4cPassed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-commit-5d766ddeEquivalent to the merged fixPassed testsBoth
stet-commit-f0caded9Equivalent to the merged fixPassed testsBoth
stet-43493c52Passed testsFailedOpus 4.8 medium only
stet-6f84e978Passed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-2450ca2dFailedPassed testsSWE-2 Max high only
stet-commit-f8ae1177FailedFailedNeither
stet-commit-342d0ac0FailedEquivalent to the merged fixSWE-2 Max high only
stet-commit-60a0e6c2Passed testsPassed testsBoth
stet-commit-5e075641FailedPassed testsSWE-2 Max high only
stet-commit-2826765eFailedFailedNeither
stet-commit-a8716b88FailedEquivalent to the merged fixSWE-2 Max high only
stet-commit-e928166fFailedFailedNeither
stet-commit-30506f8eFailedFailedNeither
stet-commit-87814583FailedFailedNeither
stet-commit-d2ab0c25FailedFailedNeither
stet-commit-e41c2e2dFailedFailedNeither

Side by side

Side by side
MetricOpus 4.8 mediumSWE-2 Max high
Harnessclaude-codedevin
Reasoning effortmediumhigh
Rank12 of 152 of 15
Stet score39.895% range 29.7–50.265.195% range 55.2–74.7
Solved13/2411 passed, 2 judged equivalent16/2413 passed, 3 judged equivalent
Cost / task$7.05not recorded
Agent time / task23.3 min68.3 min

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About this data

  • 24 tasks, each a merged change replayed from the repo as it was just before the merge.
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  • Both setups come from the same leaderboard run of 15 setups: bmk_d4ba310fdf50db4ccb2092e3.

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