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6 Oct 2026 · 1 run · 1 model

Can an M5 Max Code Locally? Qwen3.8 Flash Next Tested

I left Qwen3.8-Flash-Next running on my M5 Max MacBook Pro for nine hours and fourteen minutes. In this video, I open the games, interactive apps and bug-fixing results it produced, including the original flight game that failed.

The results

The same scores as the leaderboard: a test that failed is left out of its run's score, not counted as zero. Time, tokens and cost cover each whole run, wildcards included.

See the whole board

Ranking

Quality v1 over measured non-wildcard pages. Different workloads: browse the outputs and coverage before comparing models.

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claude-sonnet-5-5effort: highAnthropic · 8/8 scored pages
7.3
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Score against output tokens

Quality v1 against full-run tokens. Different workloads and hardware affect this comparison.

Claude Sonnet
66.577.588.50500k1M1.5M2M2.5M Output tokens across all tests, thinking included Average score (out of 10) claude-sonnet-5-5 (Anthropic): 7.3 / 10, at least 1.99M output tokensclaude-sonnet-5-5 (Anthropic): 7.3 / 10, at least 1.99M output tokensclaude-sonnet-5-5 · high

Output tokens include the model's thinking. Like the time, tokens and cost table, it counts every test the model took, wildcards included. A hollow dot is not an exact count: some tests reported none, or the count was worked out from the length of the output. The score axis is zoomed to the data.

Score against time

Quality v1 against full-run time. Different workloads and hardware affect this comparison.

Claude Sonnet
66.577.588.501h2h3h4h5h6h Time taken across all tests, thinking included Average score (out of 10) claude-sonnet-5-5 (Anthropic): 7.3 / 10, 4h 49mclaude-sonnet-5-5 (Anthropic): 7.3 / 10, 4h 49mclaude-sonnet-5-5 · high

Time is how long the model took to answer, added up over its tests; judging is not counted. Like the time, tokens and cost table, it counts every test the model took, wildcards included. The score axis is zoomed to the data.

Where each model is strong and weak

One row per model, one column per test and per scoring criterion.

By testBy what the judges scored
ModelAero LabJet OdysseyBlast IslandLaunch DayAlex OpticsAfterburnerHangar PlannerRotor RampageWorking behaviourVisual qualityEngineering qualityUsability / accessibility
claude-sonnet-5-5effort: high7.8best of 27.84.17.7best of 28.47.77.27.77.68.06.96.1
Violet is strong, orange is weak, on the same 0–10 scale in every cell.Different prompts and protocols: no best-in-column verdict.

Time, tokens and cost

What each model used across all its tests, wildcards included.

ModelTestsTimeOutput tokensSpeedCostSubscription used
claude-sonnet-5-5effort: highAnthropic 9 4h 49m ≥1.99M1.29M of it thinking 130.5 tok/s ≥$33.72API price —
≈ An estimate: the provider reported no count, so it is worked out from the length of the output (about 4 characters a token). — Not measured. Cost says how it was worked out: charged by the provider, at API prices (for a subscription), or no API charge on local hardware. ≥ means some tests had no price.

Read from the account's usage window in whole percentage points, so a short run can show 0 points. It counts everything the account did in that time, not only this run.

Runs in this video

Every run behind the numbers. Scores name their comparison basis.

Model
Score / basis
Time
Output tokens
Cost
claude-sonnet-5-5effort: highAnthropic · 5 Oct 2026
7.3 / 10Quality v1 · 8/8 pages
Time4h 49m
Output tokens≥1.99M
Cost≥$33.72API price

claude-sonnet-5-5effort: high

Anthropic · 7.3 / 10 · Quality v1 · 8/8 pages · 4h 49m · ≥$33.72

Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Aero Lab7.8
Aero Labbest of 2 claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 45m 38s · 358k tokens · $5.65 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 8.0 · Visual quality 8.5 · Engineering quality 7.5 · Usability / accessibility 6.5scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt 1e8e809e8caeb2ba
Earlier evaluations

7.5/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Jet Odyssey7.8
Jet Odyssey claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 39m 38s · 310k tokens · $6.44 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 8.5 · Visual quality 8.5 · Engineering quality 7.0 · Usability / accessibility 6.5scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt 1ce617b6d67089b2
Earlier evaluations

6.8/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Blast Island4.1
Blast Island claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 28m 07s · 221k tokens · $4.39 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 2.5 · Visual quality 6.0 · Engineering quality 4.5 · Usability / accessibility 3.0scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt 28ba22cd0f56ca1e
Earlier evaluations

4.0/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Launch Day7.7
Launch Daybest of 2 claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 33m 26s · 267k tokens · $4.86 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 8.5 · Visual quality 8.0 · Engineering quality 7.0 · Usability / accessibility 6.5scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt d1e76d48a7ac8eb6
Earlier evaluations

6.6/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Alex Optics8.4
Alex Optics claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 35m 54s · 276k tokens · $3.60 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 8.6 · Visual quality 8.8 · Engineering quality 7.8 · Usability / accessibility 7.9scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt de7c304e41dd3505
Earlier evaluations

7.8/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Afterburner7.7
Afterburner claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 34m 23s · 261k tokens · $3.41 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 8.6 · Visual quality 8.0 · Engineering quality 7.2 · Usability / accessibility 6.2scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt e08d0617005c33f9
Earlier evaluations

8.1/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Hangar Planner7.2
Hangar Planner claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 2m 01s · 23k tokens · $0.41 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 7.5 · Visual quality 7.5 · Engineering quality 8.0 · Usability / accessibility 5.5Fixed 16 of 16 bugs · 14 of 14 features still work · 168 lines changedscored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt 14deca81c8b3a6c9
Earlier evaluations

9.6/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Rotor Rampage7.7
Rotor Rampage claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 25m 59s · 201k tokens · $4.01 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 8.5 · Visual quality 8.5 · Engineering quality 6.5 · Usability / accessibility 6.5scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt d196c18e5127f818
Earlier evaluations

7.6/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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Screenshot of the page claude-sonnet-5-5 made for Bonsai Cookie-Cutter Panic7.3
Bonsai Cookie-Cutter Panicwildcard claude-sonnet-5-5 · effort: high 8m 31s · 67k tokens · $0.96 Quality v1 · Working behaviour 8.0 · Visual quality 8.0 · Engineering quality 6.5 · Usability / accessibility 6.0scored by claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (quality-1 rubric)prompt 87b14379b94f8d00
Earlier evaluations

7.2/10 · engineering-1 · claude-code/claude-opus-5-5 (engineering-1 rubric)

Different rubrics; these values are historical, not a score change.

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