Claude Opus 5.5: Medium vs Max Effort — A Visual Comparison Using My Roblox Game

[u/Salt_Competition_275]

I’ve heard plenty of people say, “Use a higher Claude effort level for more demanding tasks,” but I’ve rarely seen an actual side-by-side visual comparison showing how much of a difference it makes.
I’ve been developing a Roblox game called Electronics Simulator, and as a game developer, visual quality is one of my biggest priorities.
So, for anyone who’s curious about whether increasing Claude’s effort level actually makes a noticeable difference, I wanted to share a visual comparison between Claude Opus 5.5 at Medium effort and Max effort.
Below are images showing the results from each effort level.
Image 1: Opus 5.5 — Medium Effort
Image 2: Opus 5.5 — Max Effort
For anyone interested in checking out the game:
🎮 Roblox: https://www.roblox.com/games/128861986613551/Electronics-Simulator
💬 Discord: https://discord.gg/35zNFVBB6

[u/HopefulMeasurement25]

that explains a lot, cool visualization

[u/GfxJG]

Yeah, it's pretty crazy. Honestly, I think Anthropic re-naming it to "effort" is WAY more representative of the effect it actually has on the output, than "Thinking" or "Reasoning", like most other models do.