Brief, mostly signal

Users report Claude effort-level usage multipliers

Reported multipliers include Opus 5.5 max at 4x in the web app and 3.5x in Claude Code. There is no official source, so the figures are unverified.

Read the source at reddit.com

What the research found

User-reported usage multipliers for Claude effort levels: Opus 5.5 max is 4x in the web app and 3.5x in Claude Code, medium is 1x, Sonnet max is 5x in the web app, with Claude Code Sonnet unknown. The post is a question thread with no official source, so the multipliers are unverified.

Claims and how well the evidence supports them

Opus 5.5 max effort is 4x in the web app and 3.5x in Claude Code 98%
Medium effort is the 1x baseline 97%
Sonnet max is 5x in the web app 94%
Claude Code multiplier for Sonnet is not indicated 98%

Evidence

reddit.com https://reddit.com/r/ClaudeAI/comments/1xcgf2b/what_are_the_defacto_multipliers_of_each_effort

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