They're both great for small, highly-focused features.
But when you have complex code or a very long module, yes, Claude 3.5 performs a lot better.
ChatGPT is much more likely to miss small, but important details that can break the code in unexpected ways. And even when you point out the error to ChatGPT, it will double down on being confident in its solution and output exactly the same code again.
I've got to think Claude 3.5 had much better training data and training methodologies for code because it's much "smarter" at being logical and fitting pieces together into one coherent whole. For any random task, I'd trust Claude at coding 20-30% more than ChatGPT.
But when you have complex code or a very long module, yes, Claude 3.5 performs a lot better.
ChatGPT is much more likely to miss small, but important details that can break the code in unexpected ways. And even when you point out the error to ChatGPT, it will double down on being confident in its solution and output exactly the same code again.
I've got to think Claude 3.5 had much better training data and training methodologies for code because it's much "smarter" at being logical and fitting pieces together into one coherent whole. For any random task, I'd trust Claude at coding 20-30% more than ChatGPT.