Claude Code is the fastest agent framework but costs nearly three times more than the cheapest rival
Quick Answer
Claude Code is the fastest agent framework at 122 seconds per task but costs $0.195, nearly three times the cheapest option, OpenCode, which is $0.073.
Quick Take
Testing revealed varied success rates across four frameworks, with Oh My Pi achieving the highest success rate but the slowest performance.
Key Points
- Claude Code achieved the fastest task completion time at 122 seconds.
- OpenCode was the cheapest framework at $0.073 per successful task.
- Oh My Pi had the highest success rate with 17 out of 30 tasks.
- Cost and speed varied significantly, with a 3x price difference.
- Overall success rates remained close across all tested frameworks.
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~1 min readThe software wrapper around an AI model has a major impact on what you pay. AI tooling company Composio tested DeepSeek V4 Flash across four agent frameworks (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, and Oh My Pi) on 30 tasks using real-world tools like Gmail, GitHub, Slack, and Notion. No single framework won across all categories. Oh My Pi had the highest success rate (17/30) but was the slowest at 272 seconds per task. OpenCode was cheapest at $0.073 per successful task, while Claude Code was fastest at 122 seconds but most expensive at $0.195, despite using the fewest tool calls and generating the least output tokens.
While seven tasks passed or failed based solely on which framework ran them, overall success rates stayed close. Only OpenCode trailed slightly at 14/30. The real gaps were in cost and speed, with nearly a 3x price difference and a 2.2x speed difference depending on the framework.
— Originally published at the-decoder.com
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