Sure Google can go against that, but it's openai is definitely in a much better spot. It's pretty important for a consumer market.
The only places where I hear people say claude is better is: - Frontend design - Random computer use tasks
But people trust codex for large scale architecture and changes
I can't say that I have noticed that 5.3-Codex is much better, but it's definitely on par with Opus 4.6, and its limits for $25/months is comparable to Max x5 at 1/4th of the cost (not to mention pay-per-token which we use at work). Claude Code is generally a much better experience though.