Is Claude Opus 4.8 good for coding?

Claude Opus 4.8 is no longer ranked because it now writes under 0.5% of AI-attributed lines. Bug Bench ranks the models people use now, so compare it with the ranked models instead.

Updated Nov 9, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8

As of Nov 9, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 is tracked on Bug Bench but is no longer ranked because it now writes under 0.5% of AI-attributed lines. Claude Opus 4.8 accounted for 0.2% of AI-attributed added lines in the week of Nov 2, 2026.

Status: No longer ranked

Provider: Anthropic
Released: May 28, 2026
Price per 1M tokens: $5 in · $25 out
First seen: Week of Jul 20

How widely Claude Opus 4.8 is used

Share of AI-written code reviewed by cubic

Latest weekWeek of Nov 2: 0.2%
Peak weekWeek of Jul 20: 26.4%

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Is Claude Opus 4.8 good for coding?: Claude Opus 4.8 is no longer ranked because it now writes under 0.5% of AI-attributed lines. Bug Bench ranks the models people use now, so compare it with the ranked models instead.

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