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gpt-5.6-sol

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

Backend engineering78

gpt-5.6-sol · high

Backend engineering
78
Frontend interaction
90
Knowledge & Reasoning
65
Visual aesthetics
73
Maintainability
64
Evaluation time
12m 37s
Reference cost
$0.74

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
66.70697860666441m 49s$1.53
71.80738370685959m 12s$1.72
73.70789065736458m 24s$2.05
66.60786565616171m 19s$2.56
74.15857375666487m 21s$3.25

Score breakdown

Overall score
73.70
Evaluation time
58m 24s
Reference cost
$2.05

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries17 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures18 / 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.

medium high
Backend engineering
+5.0 pts
73.00 78.00
Reference cost
+$0.032
$0.71 $0.74
Evaluation time
+12.8%
11m 11s 12m 37s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes