Head to head

Claude Code vs GPT-5.6-Sol

Comparing 31 documented Claude Code incidents against 3 for GPT-5.6-Sol.

Verdict

Claude Code has the lower average failure severity (7.2/10 vs 9.0/10), making it the statistically safer choice of the two — though both agents have documented critical incidents.

Reliability metrics for Claude Code and GPT-5.6-Sol
MetricClaude CodeGPT-5.6-Sol
Documented incidents313
Average severity7.29.0
Critical92
High111
Verified302

Severity at a glance

Claude Code
7.2high
GPT-5.6-Sol
9.0critical

Failure modes

Claude Code
Distribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.
GPT-5.6-Sol
Distribution of failure modes across all documented incidents.

The incidents behind these numbers