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Claude Opus 5.5 vs GPT-6 Astra

GPT-6 Astra had 14% fewer counted bugs per line than Claude Opus 5.5 (0.95 vs 1.11).

Claude Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Astra compared on relative bug rate, by language, and on price and usage.
Claude Opus 5.5GPT-6 Astra
Bug rate
Relative bug rate1.110.95
Rank#6 of 7#4 of 7
By language
TypeScript(statistically tied)1.021.08
JavaScript1.281.63
Python1.011.18
Go1.220.88
Rust1.190.36
Swift(statistically tied)0.840.90
C#1.220.60
Ruby(statistically tied)0.981.25
SQL(statistically tied)0.730.94
Shell(statistically tied)1.010.67
Vue(statistically tied)1.390.69
Svelte0.692.24
Terraform0.940.44
Details
ProviderAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedSep 22, 2026Sep 4, 2026
List price$4 input / $20 output per 1M tokens$10 input / $50 output per 1M tokens
Share of AI-written code, week of Nov 266.2%4.5%

1.00 = average · lower is better · = statistically tied

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Questions and answers

Which has fewer bugs, Claude Opus 5.5 or GPT-6 Astra?
GPT-6 Astra had 14% fewer counted bugs per line than Claude Opus 5.5 (0.95 vs 1.11). GPT-6 Astra ranks #4 of 7 and Claude Opus 5.5 #6.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 5.5 or GPT-6 Astra?
Claude Opus 5.5 lists at $4 input / $20 output per 1M tokens; GPT-6 Astra lists at $10 input / $50 output per 1M tokens. Claude Opus 5.5 has the lower list price.
Does it depend on the programming language?
In TypeScript, they were statistically tied (1.02 and 1.08); in JavaScript, Claude Opus 5.5 had the lower rate (1.28 vs 1.63); in Python, Claude Opus 5.5 had the lower rate (1.01 vs 1.18); in Go, GPT-6 Astra had the lower rate (0.88 vs 1.22); in Rust, GPT-6 Astra had the lower rate (0.36 vs 1.19); in Swift, they were statistically tied (0.84 and 0.90); in C#, GPT-6 Astra had the lower rate (0.60 vs 1.22); in Ruby, they were statistically tied (0.98 and 1.25); in SQL, they were statistically tied (0.73 and 0.94); in shell scripts, they were statistically tied (1.01 and 0.67); in Vue, they were statistically tied (1.39 and 0.69); in Svelte, Claude Opus 5.5 had the lower rate (0.69 vs 2.24); in Terraform, GPT-6 Astra had the lower rate (0.44 vs 0.94).
Which is used more, Claude Opus 5.5 or GPT-6 Astra?
Claude Opus 5.5, with 66.2% of the AI-written code reviewed by cubic in the week of Nov 2, 2026, against 4.5% for GPT-6 Astra.