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gpt-5.6-sol

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

Backend engineering85

gpt-5.6-sol · max

Backend engineering
85
Frontend interaction
73
Knowledge & Reasoning
75
Visual aesthetics
66
Maintainability
64
Evaluation time
29m 19s
Reference cost
$1.71

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
74.15
Evaluation time
87m 21s
Reference cost
$3.25

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 consistency18 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression19 / 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
+7.0 pts
78.00 85.00
Reference cost
+$0.52
$1.19 $1.71
Evaluation time
+48.9%
19m 42s 29m 19s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes