Codex CLI
3 models ran in it: GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Sol, gpt-6.1-sol.
186 runs on 136 prompts · 99% finished
Results
The best run of each of its 136 tests first, then every other run. Filter them in the explorer
184 finished runs
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Live demoFootball league season
GPT-6 Astra
Codex CLI 0.156.1
skills on · Codex CLI 0.156.1 + default skills kit
Live sceneMobile touch arcade game
GPT-6 Astra
Codex CLI 0.156.1
skills on · Codex CLI 0.156.1 + default skills kit
Live demoWorld weather stations
GPT-6 Astra
Codex CLI 0.156.1
skills on · Codex CLI 0.156.1 + default skills kit
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Numbers: finish rate, cost, wall time, draft scores
- Runs
- 186
- on 136 prompts
- Finished
- 99%
- 184 of 186
- Median cost, finished run
- $1.80
- n=166
- Median wall time, finished run
- 14m 29s
- n=184
- Recorded spend
- $601.04
- $0 on unfinished runs; 20 without a recorded cost
From the numbers
Set against the other harnesses with at least 3 runs (top or bottom third), and its draft-score ranks within single prompts. Nothing here is averaged across prompts.
Strengths
- 184 of 186 runs finished: 2nd of 14 harnesses with at least 3 (finish rate)
- 14m 29s (n=184): 3rd of 12 harnesses with at least 3 (median wall time of a finished run)
- Draft score 9.5/10 on Pelican riding a bicycle (control) (GPT-6 Astra): ranked 1st of 13
- Draft score 9.5/10 on Isometric SVG town with sprite sheet (GPT-6 Astra): ranked 2nd of 11
Weaknesses
- Other unfinished runs, not counted against the model: 2 TIMEOUT
Best and hardest run
Best run
Picked as its best draft-score rank on a prompt.
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GPT-6 Astra, Codex CLI, Pelican riding a bicycle (control)
Codex CLI 0.156.1, xhigh effort, via OpenAI
skills off
3m 11s
$0.74 estimated
OK
AI judge 9.5/10 Draft scorerubric
Hardest run
Picked as its lowest draft-score rank on a prompt.
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GPT-6 Astra, Codex CLI, MacBook Pro 16" realistic 3D render (Playcode benchmark)
Codex CLI 0.156.1, xhigh effort, via OpenAI
skills off
15m 48s
$2.23 estimated
OK
AI judge 8.5/10 Draft scorerubric
Draft scores by prompt
| Isometric SVG town with sprite sheet | GPT-6 Astra | 9.5/10 draft | 2nd of 11 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lighthouse on a headland at night | GPT-6 Astra | 8/10 draft | 6th of 12 |
| MacBook Pro 16" realistic 3D render (Playcode benchmark) | GPT-6 Astra | 8.5/10 draft | 6th of 12 |
| Pelican riding a bicycle (control) | GPT-6 Astra | 9.5/10 draft | 1st of 13 |
| Animated pelican riding a bicycle (SMIL/CSS) | GPT-6 Astra | 9/10 draft | 6th of 12 |
By model
| GPT-6 Sol | 99 | 99 | 100% | $1.36 n=99 | 9m 44s n=99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPT-6 Astra | 67 | 67 | 100% | $5.99 n=67 | 25m 22s n=67 |
| gpt-6.1-sol | 20 | 18 | 90% | not recorded: no finished run with a recorded cost | 33m 31s n=18 |
All 136 tests
- Fjord scene (Three.js) (2 runs)
- DualSense controller, max fidelity (2 runs)
- Isometric SVG town with sprite sheet (2 runs)
- Pelican riding a bicycle (control) (2 runs)
- Animated pelican riding a bicycle (SMIL/CSS) (2 runs)
- MacBook Pro 16" realistic 3D render (Playcode benchmark) (2 runs)
- Lighthouse on a headland at night (2 runs)
- Sorting race (2 runs)
- Pathfinding race (2 runs)
- Dragon ship (1 run)
- X16 engine (1 run)
- Animated short (HTML/JS) (4 runs)
- Impressionist world (1 run)
- Football league season (1 run)
- Mobile touch arcade game (1 run)
- World weather stations (1 run)
- Marathon results (1 run)
- Power grid day (1 run)
- Saas growth metrics (1 run)
- Coffee chain sales (2 runs)
- Ecommerce funnel (1 run)
- Convex hull race (2 runs)
- Maze generate and solve (3 runs)
- Photo editor (1 run)
- GPU boids 50k (2 runs)
- Team chat (1 run)
- Kanban board (2 runs)
- Hash table showdown (3 runs)
- Drum machine daw (3 runs)
- Code editor (2 runs)
- Paint studio (2 runs)
- Balanced trees (2 runs)
- Edit distance dp (1 run)
- Calendar planner (1 run)
- Fourier epicycles (1 run)
- Spreadsheet (2 runs)
- Retro desktop (3 runs)
- Boids dragon (1 run)
- Procedural lego builder (1 run)
- Volumetric raymarched sun (1 run)
- Js13k style shader game (1 run)
- Pathtraced product shot (1 run)
- Image to procedural threejs scene (1 run)
- Webgl particle life sim (1 run)
- Rocket car arena (1 run)
- Webgl reaction diffusion coral (1 run)
- One key rhythm runner (1 run)
- Marble run machine (1 run)
- Solar sail orrery (1 run)
- Shader hero background studio (1 run)
- Webgpu ascii shader scene (1 run)
- Torchlit dungeon dragon (1 run)
- Tiny anime world (1 run)
- Webgpu ink marbling (1 run)
- Ps1 horror kitchen (1 run)
- Domino chain physics (1 run)
- Evolving art garden (1 run)
- Threelab breed generative art (1 run)
- One prompt 3D kart racer (1 run)
- Webgpu ocean wave physics (1 run)
- Webgpu snow physics (1 run)
- Webgpu particle life audio (1 run)
- Webgpu sailing storm (1 run)
- Webgpu fishing game (1 run)
- 15-second motion showreel (1 run)
- Collision music machine (1 run)
- Webgpu deferred sponza playground (1 run)
- Train window through four seasons (1 run)
- Token bucket explainer (1 run)
- Recursion explainer (1 run)
- Santa Monica particle beach (1 run)
- "Make a Tron game" (1 run)
- 16-bit pixel wizard sprite loop (1 run)
- Van Gogh cat-spotting game (1 run)
- AI data centre, inside view (1 run)
- Brutalist event promo (1 run)
- CSS 3D cube gallery (1 run)
- Isometric server room (1 run)
- Glass dashboard launch (1 run)
- Terminal hacker boot (1 run)
- Lighthouse storm (1 run)
- Product reveal watch (1 run)
- Ink brush dragon (1 run)
- Chess famous game (1 run)
- Satellite constellation (1 run)
- Sorting algorithms race (1 run)
- Energy mix sankey (1 run)
- Music visualizer synthwave (1 run)
- Github contrib wrapped (1 run)
- Galaxy collision (1 run)
- Chip fabrication journey (1 run)
- Orbital launch sequence (1 run)
- F1 lap telemetry (1 run)
- Tokyo neon title (1 run)
- Stillwater pond (2 runs)
- Cine silhouette backlight (2 runs)
- Cine dutch angle (1 run)
- Cine noir low key (2 runs)
- Cine dolly zoom (2 runs)
- Fox forest run (2 runs)
- Video printing press collage hyperframes (2 runs)
- Video printing press collage remotion (1 run)
- Humanoid walk cycle (2 runs)
- Creature robot blueprint (2 runs)
- Procedural armor suit (2 runs)
- Spongebob (2 runs)
- Slime softbody (1 run)
- Xbox 360 controller (3 runs)
- Artemis II (1 run)
- Steam locomotive (1 run)
- Lighthouse diorama (1 run)
- Chess set midgame (1 run)
- Sci fi helmet (1 run)
- Vintage rangefinder camera (1 run)
- Cosy isometric study (1 run)
- Lowpoly dragon (1 run)
- GPU fluid sim (1 run)
- Tidewater (1 run)
- Jellyfish (1 run)
- Space bunny (1 run)
- Pelican car france (2 runs)
- Ant vs gardener (1 run)
- Dolphin vlog bicycle (2 runs)
- Momijigari (1 run)
- Donut (2 runs)
- Whale clouds (2 runs)
- California brown pelican riding a bicycle (detailed spec) (2 runs)
- BMW M4 Competition, side view (flat vector) (2 runs)
- Cine tracking shot (1 run)
- Cine orbit 360 (2 runs)
- Humanoid motion cycle (2 runs)
- Game battleship (1 run)
- Folding road (1 run)
- Eiffel (1 run)