Did Anthropic just find a new way to benchmax Opus 5.5 without actually giving subscribers that performance?

A Reddit user questioned whether Anthropic subscribers actually receive the performance benchmarked for Opus 5.5. The concern arises because Anthropic benchmarks Opus on "Max" settings, but most subscribers use "Medium/High" due to "Max" consuming 6x or more usage and quickly depleting their limits. This discrepancy leads to speculation about whether users are truly experiencing the model's advertised capabilities.

This report uniquely highlights a potential discrepancy between Anthropic's internal Opus 5.5 benchmarks and the actual performance subscribers experience, unlike typical performance reviews.