ShawhinT/subagents-vs-teams
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A repository for comparing the performance of Claude Code's subagents and (experimental) agent teams features.
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# Subagents vs Agent Teams Benchmarking Claude Code's **subagent** approach (single session using the Task tool) against **agent teams** (multi-session via `CLAUDE_CODE_EXPERIMENTAL_AGENT_TEAMS`) on identical tasks. Compares token usage, compute time, and output quality. Resources: - [YouTube Explainer](https://youtu.be/jT1rg3TBf-I) ## Results **Model**: Claude Sonnet 4.6 (Claude Max) | Task | Metric | Subagent | Agent Team | |---|---|---|---| | **Task 1: Lead List** | Run time | 32.6 min | 24.4 min | | | Est. unique tokens | ~232k | ~265k | | | Output quality | 50/50 emails | 8/50 emails | | **Task 2: Web App** | Run time | 13.4 min | 10.9 min | | | Est. unique tokens | ~99k | ~111k | | | Output quality | Better design and features | Worse design, no progress bar| | **Task 3: Landing Page** | Run time | 6.3 min | 21.1 min |