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Use Case	Best Model	Runner-Up
Complex multi-file refactors	Claude Opus 4.6	GPT-5.2-Codex
Quick edits & code review	Claude Sonnet 4.5	GPT-5.2
Large codebase understanding	Gemini 3 Pro	Claude Opus 4.6
Agentic workflows (tool use)	Claude Opus 4.6	GPT-5.2-Codex
Speed-optimized coding	Gemini 3 Flash	Claude Sonnet 4.5
Budget-friendly	codingDeepSeek V3	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B
Local / privacy-first	Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B	DeepSeek Coder V2