Question 1

Claude Max 5× vs Codex Pro 100 for coding: which gives more building hours per dollar?

Accepted Answer

At p50 peak, Claude Max 5× returns 0.60 building h/week per $/month (60 h/week for $100/mo) and Codex Pro 100 returns 0.16 building h/week per $/month (16 h/week for $100/mo), so Claude Max 5× gives more building hours per dollar; on building benchmark quality Codex Pro 100 runs GPT-6 Astra (max) · Codex · 62/100 and Claude Max 5× runs Sonnet 5.5 (high) · Claude Code · 55/100; Codex Pro 100 hours are guessed — treat them as a guess.

Question 2

What do Claude Max 5× and Codex Pro 100 cost?

Accepted Answer

$100/mo and $100/mo. Comparisons only pair plans within 1.5× of each other on price.

Question 3

Can Claude Max 5× and Codex Pro 100 run as terminal CLI agents?

Accepted Answer

Claude Max 5× runs as a CLI agent. Codex Pro 100 runs as a CLI agent. The stack builder can require at least one CLI seat.

	Claude Max 5×	Codex Pro 100
Price	$100/mo	$100/mo
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), peak	60 (30–120)	16 (8–28)
Building h/week p50 (p10–p90), off-peak	—	—
Building h/week per $/mo at p50 peak	0.60	0.16
Benchmark quality /100s	Fable 5.1 (max) (with fallback) · Claude Code · 62/100 planning · Sonnet 5.5 (high) · Claude Code · 55/100 building · Sonnet 5.5 (high) · Claude Code · 55/100 admin	GPT-6 Astra (max) · Codex · 62/100 planning · GPT-6 Astra (max) · Codex · 62/100 building · GPT-6 Astra (max) · Codex · 62/100 admin
Source	community	guessed
Terminal CLI agent	Yes	Yes
Clock	no published off-peak discount	no published off-peak discount

Claude Max 5× vs Codex Pro 100, side by side