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gpt-5.6-luna

gpt-5.6-luna · max, showing backend engineering. Results for all tested efforts are available below.

Backend engineering65

gpt-5.6-luna · max

Backend engineering
65
Frontend interaction
78
Knowledge & Reasoning
25
Visual aesthetics
59
Maintainability
61
Evaluation time
48m 26s
Reference cost
$0.17

Backend engineering · Evaluation time & API cost

Backend tested · 9/21/2026Tasks & methodology

Results by reasoning effort

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Model / effortOverallBackend engineeringFrontend interactionKnowledge & ReasoningVisual aestheticsMaintainabilityTotal eval. timeTotal ref. costCompare
—32185——52m 31s$0.067
—511325——18m 22s$0.084
38.30495215554632m 18s$0.14
52.35568325665975m 23s$0.16
52.30657825596186m 14s$0.35

Score breakdown

Overall score
52.30
Evaluation time
86m 14s
Reference cost
$0.35

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 consistency16 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression14 / 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
+9.0 pts
56.00 65.00
Reference cost
+$0.10
$0.071 $0.17
Evaluation time
+109.2%
23m 9s 48m 26s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes