If you let your inner fanboy rest for a moment you realize Gemini 3, Claude Opus 4.5, and GPT 5.2 are all amazing. If two of them disappeared tomorrow, my AI assisted productiveness wouldn't change.

The 3% difference on benchmark X doesn't mean anything anymore. It's probably more helpful to compare them on character traits instead of numbers.

My one word to describe Claude would be "pleasant". It's just so nice to communicate with. GPT/Codex would be the "thorough". It finds and thinks of stuff the others don't. For Gemini 3, the jury is still out. It might be the smart kid on the block that's still a bit rough around the edges, but given that it's a preview things might change soon.