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Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 leads agentic index, Qwen3.8 Max close behind · 1 source tracked

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Artificial Analysis's Agentic Index shows Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 leading, with Alibaba Group's Qwen3.8 Max closely following. While some reports incorrectly declared Qwen the top model, the index actually places Claude Opus 5 at maximum reasoning effort in first position, with Qwen3.8 Max tied for second. The index's methodology, which averages agentic benchmarks and checks database states rather than relying on model summaries, highlights the importance of rigorous evaluation. AI

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Anthropic's Claude Opus 5 leads agentic index, Qwen3.8 Max close behind · 1 source tracked

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  1. dev.to — Anthropic tag TIER_1 English(EN) · Breach Protocol ·

    Qwen did not take the top agentic spot from Claude, but it got within one point

    <p>The current <a href="https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/capabilities/agentic/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Agentic Index</a> published by Artificial Analysis places Claude Opus 5 at maximum reasoning effort in first position with a score of 59, and Alibaba's Qwen3.8 Max at 58,…

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