Explainers: Model reviews
Gemini 4 Argon review: strong evaluations, restricted access
Argon posts strong benchmark and preference results, but restricted deployment limits public workflow evidence. Its one-million-token output is a separate capability.
Claude Opus 5.5 review: long-workflow gains and missed bugs
Opus finds additional bugs in a published review pipeline, but loses some baseline catches. Higher effort helps selectively.
Claude Sonnet 5.5 review: strong results, heavy max-effort runs
CodeRabbit reports faster review runs, while maximum-effort evaluations consume many tokens. The workload and configuration explain the difference.
GPT-6.1 Sol review: capable coding, uneven interactive speed
Independent evaluations show strong coding results, while a practitioner reports slower interactive work. Effort settings change the picture.