When Opus 5.5 launched, within a day you could see that it was a signfiicant step function in capabilities by just following regular subreddits like /r/AIGameDev and /r/ClaudeAI (but really anywhere people publish their software, if you can recognize it).
But this only works for frontier models. If MiniMax catches up to Opus 5.5 in 6 months, no one would notice.
But this only works for frontier models. If MiniMax catches up to Opus 5.5 in 6 months, no one would notice.