Using Claude Code to benchmark Codex reasoning effort levels

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To settle whether higher reasoning effort uses Codex limits better, they had Claude Code benchmark the model on low, medium, high and xhigh effort.

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Posted by@Alpaca_Capital
DateSep 10, 2026
Category🧪 Web dev & testing
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Summary written by ToolPassed from the public post. Claims are the poster’s; we haven’t reproduced this.

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◇Claude CodeAgent◇ChatGPT (Codex)Agent
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