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claude-opus-4-8

claude-opus-4-8 · max, showing backend engineering. Results for all tested efforts are available below.

Backend engineering64

claude-opus-4-8 · max

Backend engineering
64
Frontend interaction
88
Knowledge & Reasoning
85
Visual aesthetics
68
Maintainability
55
Evaluation time
63m 16s
Reference cost
$8.37

Backend engineering · Evaluation time & API cost

Backend tested · 9/10/2026Tasks & methodology

Results by reasoning effort

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Model / effortOverallBackend engineeringFrontend interactionKnowledge & ReasoningVisual aestheticsMaintainabilityTotal eval. timeTotal ref. costCompare
65.65487275665584m 26s$4.40
76.806187906855102m 10s$9.18
75.856488856855106m 52s$16.33

Score breakdown

Overall score
75.85
Evaluation time
106m 52s
Reference cost
$16.33

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries7 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures15 / 20

Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.

CI and adversarial review13 / 20

Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.

Transactions and consistency13 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression16 / 20

Cache invalidation, data updates, and regression coverage.

What changes with higher reasoning effort

Compare backend engineering scores, cost, and time across neighboring tested efforts.

xhigh max
Backend engineering
+3.0 pts
61.00 64.00
Reference cost
+$4.45
$3.92 $8.37
Evaluation time
+84.6%
34m 16s 63m 16s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes