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gpt-5.6-terra

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

Backend engineering67

gpt-5.6-terra · xhigh

Backend engineering
67
Frontend interaction
72
Knowledge & Reasoning
35
Visual aesthetics
57
Maintainability
59
Evaluation time
30m 29s
Reference cost
$0.65

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
54.50
Evaluation time
67m 17s
Reference cost
$1.54

Service logic, error handling, and test verification.

Contracts and boundaries10 / 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 consistency14 / 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.

high xhigh
Backend engineering
+2.0 pts
65.00 67.00
Reference cost
+$0.25
$0.40 $0.65
Evaluation time
+71.4%
17m 47s 30m 29s
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Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes