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gpt-5.6-sol

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

Backend engineering69

gpt-5.6-sol · low

Backend engineering
69
Frontend interaction
78
Knowledge & Reasoning
60
Visual aesthetics
66
Maintainability
64
Evaluation time
8m 31s
Reference cost
$0.56

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
66.70
Evaluation time
41m 49s
Reference cost
$1.53

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries12 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures15 / 20

Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.

CI and adversarial review12 / 20

Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.

Transactions and consistency14 / 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.

low medium
Backend engineering
+4.0 pts
69.00 73.00
Reference cost
+$0.15
$0.56 $0.71
Evaluation time
+31.1%
8m 31s 11m 11s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes