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glm-5.3

glm-5.3 · high, showing backend engineering. Results for all tested efforts are available below.

Backend engineering69

glm-5.3 · high

Backend engineering
69
Frontend interaction
82
Knowledge & Reasoning
50
Visual aesthetics
66
Maintainability
68
Evaluation time
19m 41s
Reference cost
$0.48

Backend engineering · Evaluation time & API cost

Backend tested · 10/8/2026Tasks & methodology

Results by reasoning effort

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Model / effortOverallBackend engineeringFrontend interactionKnowledge & ReasoningVisual aestheticsMaintainabilityTotal eval. timeTotal ref. costCompare
64.40698250666865m 34s$2.18
70.407078706664153m 15s$1.83

Score breakdown

Overall score
64.40
Evaluation time
65m 34s
Reference cost
$2.18

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries10 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures14 / 20

Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.

CI and adversarial review12 / 20

Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.

Transactions and consistency15 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression18 / 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.

high max
Backend engineering
+1.0 pts
69.00 70.00
Reference cost
−$0.039
$0.48 $0.44
Evaluation time
−12.5%
19m 41s 17m 14s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes