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gpt-5.6-terra

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

Backend engineering65

gpt-5.6-terra · high

Backend engineering
65
Frontend interaction
67
Knowledge & Reasoning
45
Visual aesthetics
53
Maintainability
47
Evaluation time
17m 47s
Reference cost
$0.40

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
—532130——43m 42s$0.71
—495050——46m 2s$0.75
54.80656745534753m 5s$1.03
54.50677235575967m 17s$1.54
65.908176556161133m 2s$1.94

Score breakdown

Overall score
54.80
Evaluation time
53m 5s
Reference cost
$1.03

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries13 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures14 / 20

Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.

CI and adversarial review9 / 20

Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.

Transactions and consistency14 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression15 / 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
+16.0 pts
49.00 65.00
Reference cost
+$0.085
$0.32 $0.40
Evaluation time
+43.3%
12m 25s 17m 47s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes