Is gpt-5-mini-medium good at Coding?
gpt-5-mini-medium ranks #40 of 52 for Coding — usable. The top pick for this task is claude-opus-4.8-medium.
#40 / 52
Rank for this task
75.7
Score
$0.0208
Cost / run
gpt-5-mini-medium on each Coding sub-task
| Code Review & Security | 100.0/100 | #12 |
| Code Quality and Testing Test | 80.2/100 | #29 |
| Secure Implementation | 73.0/100 | #44 |
| API and Data Code Test | 69.2/100 | #18 |
| Refactoring | 66.7/100 | #50 |
Real examples, graded
WeakPassword hashing done right 28/100
“The model hallucinated a 'secret' parameter for PasswordHasher in argon2-cffi.”
WeakSQL monthly revenue 0/100
“The model returned an empty response.”
WeakRefactor legacy code with a safety net 0/100
“The model returned an empty response.”
Frequently asked
Is gpt-5-mini-medium good at Coding?
gpt-5-mini-medium ranks #40 of 52 models we tested for Coding, scoring usable.
What is gpt-5-mini-medium's strongest Coding skill?
Its best sub-task here is Code Review & Security.
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12 test cases · 3 evalsClaude Opus
GPT-5
Gemini
v1
7.1
6.8
7.4
v2
8.3
7.9
8.0
v3
9.2
★
8.6
8.4
Best combo: v3 × Claude Opus
9.2 quality · $0.004/run · 1.8s