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Who to Use Right Now
#1 Overall (Rolling Average) Claude Sonnet 4.6
Biggest Rise This Week 文心一言 4.5 +72
Biggest Drop DeepSeek V3 -75.1
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Top Pick
豆包 Pro
88.3 pts
Runner-up
Claude Sonnet 4.6
86.6 pts
Third Choice
DeepSeek V4 Pro
85.6 pts
Top Pick
Claude Sonnet 4.6
54.9 pts
Runner-up
Claude Opus 4.7
53.7 pts
Third Choice
豆包 Pro
52.8 pts
Top Pick
Claude Sonnet 4.6
79.8 pts
Runner-up
Claude Opus 4.7
78.2 pts
Third Choice
Gemini 2.5 Pro
76.8 pts
Top Pick
deepseek-v3
99.7 pts
Runner-up
文心一言 4.5
98.6 pts
Third Choice
ernie-4
98.5 pts
Top Pick
豆包 Pro
39.1 pts
Runner-up
Claude Opus 4.7
38.7 pts
Third Choice
Claude Sonnet 4.6
37.8 pts
Top Pick
claude-opus-4.6
0 pts
Runner-up
Claude Opus 4.7
0 pts
Third Choice
Claude Sonnet 4.6
0 pts
Qwen3 Max
65 pts
Gemini 3.1 Pro
65 pts
DeepSeek V4 Pro
62.5 pts

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WDCD Run #115: Average Instruction Decay Hits 49.2% as Gemini 3.1 Pro and Qwen3 Max Tie for First
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