grok-4.6
grok-4.6 · xhigh, showing backend engineering. Results for all tested efforts are available below.
Backend engineering78
grok-4.6 · xhigh
- Backend engineering
- 78
- Frontend interaction
- 80
- Knowledge & Reasoning
- 85
- Visual aesthetics
- 64
- Maintainability
- 59
- Evaluation time
- 43m 8s
- Reference cost
- $0.71
Backend engineering · Evaluation time & API cost
Backend tested · 9/12/2026Tasks & methodology
Results by reasoning effort
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| Model / effort | Overall | Backend engineering | Frontend interaction | Knowledge & Reasoning | Visual aesthetics | Maintainability | Total eval. time | Total ref. cost | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72.85 | 72 | 76 | 80 | 61 | 61 | 101m 5s | $2.46 | ||
| 76.85 | 78 | 80 | 85 | 64 | 59 | 144m 16s | $2.51 |
Score breakdown
- Overall score
- 76.85
- Evaluation time
- 144m 16s
- Reference cost
- $2.51
Service logic, error handling, and test verification.
Contracts and boundaries12 / 20
API contracts, input validation, and boundary behavior.
Retries and failures18 / 20
Error recovery, retry conditions, and failure handling.
CI and adversarial review14 / 20
Verification plans, risk detection, and audit evidence.
Transactions and consistency17 / 20
State transitions, concurrency control, and data consistency.
Caching and regression17 / 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
- +6.0 pts 72.00 → 78.00
- Reference cost
- −$0.035 $0.74 → $0.71
- Evaluation time
- +100.5% 21m 31s → 43m 8s
Data snapshot published · 10/27/2026Scoring & cost notes