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gpt-5.6-terra

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

Backend engineering81

gpt-5.6-terra · max

Backend engineering
81
Frontend interaction
76
Knowledge & Reasoning
55
Visual aesthetics
61
Maintainability
61
Evaluation time
75m 45s
Reference cost
$0.70

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
65.90
Evaluation time
133m 2s
Reference cost
$1.94

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries17 / 20

API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.

Retries and failures17 / 20

Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.

CI and adversarial review12 / 20

Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.

Transactions and consistency17 / 20

State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.

Caching and regression18 / 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
+14.0 pts
67.00 81.00
Reference cost
+$0.050
$0.65 $0.70
Evaluation time
+148.5%
30m 29s 75m 45s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes