Chase AI — walks the Sonnet 5 benchmarks & pricing vs Opus 4.8 / Fable (no live build demo in this one) · Open on YouTube →
Alex Finn — calls Sonnet 5 the best bang-for-buck in AI; boat-sim test vs ChatGPT 5.5 · Open on YouTube →
WorldofAI — fully tests Sonnet 5 and calls it underwhelming vs Opus 4.8 / GLM 5.2 · Open on YouTube →
Prompt Engineering — says Sonnet 5's launch is “complicated” · Open on YouTube →
CodeRabbit — reviews Sonnet 5's precision-vs-recall trade-off for code review · Open on YouTube →
Theo - t3.gg — built the same game with Sonnet 5, Opus 4.8 & GLM 5.2 (same prompt) · Open on YouTube →
Bijan Bowen — 34-min hands-on; skydiving test reuses his Opus 4.8 / GLM 5.2 comparison · Open on YouTube →
AI Foundations — Sonnet 5 vs Opus 4.8 side-by-side, same prompt (OrbitRunner game) · Open on YouTube →
Mo Bitar — short satirical hot take; commentary only, no head-to-head test · Open on YouTube →
AICodeKing — argues Sonnet 5 underperforms GLM 5.2 while costing more · Open on YouTube →