# Why Developers May Prefer Claude Despite Benchmark Results

DevFeed: [Why Developers May Prefer Claude Despite Benchmark Results](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/metric-driven-development-and-the-claude-effect-39095.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://read.engineerscodex.com/p/metric-driven-development-and-the>)

Author: Engineer's Codex

Published: 2025-03-09T22:45:21Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Engineer's Codex](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/engineer-s-codex.md>)

Topics: [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/anthropic.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [Large Language Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llm.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [anthropic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/anthropic.md>), [benchmark](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmark.md>), [benchmarks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/benchmarks.md>), [chatgpt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/chatgpt.md>), [claude](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [cursor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cursor.md>), [gemini](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gemini.md>), [openai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/openai.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that developer experience and real-world coding utility can matter more than benchmark performance. It cites a survey in which 78% of 1,370 frequent AI-using developers preferred Claude 3.5 as their first choice, compared with 13% for OpenAI's o3 models and 9% for other models such as Gemini.

## Source excerpt

Sometimes, feels have to be trusted over figures