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AI Game Benchmark — July 13, 2026

8 models produced 24 builds from the same 3 briefs. Every build passed launch checks.

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01Compare

Compare any two models.

Choose two models and one task.
Game taskArena Combat
Read task brief+

Build Last Stand at the Ruin, a wave-based 3D arena combat game: the player fights escalating waves of melee enemies inside a closed arena until every wave is cleared or the player dies.

MetricAB
Arena ratingPendingPending
Build time59m 45s161m 51s
Cost$30.86$118.43
More run details +
Playable3/33/3
Code8,489 lines6,459 lines
02Ranking

Human evaluation.

Ranking in progress
0/8 ready

Aggregating results.

96 / 400 model appearances24%

Rankings will be published soon.

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Model readinessView details
Claude Opus 4.816/50
Claude Fable 517/50
GPT-5.6 Sol12/50
Grok 4.510/50
GLM-5.211/50
GPT-5.6 Terra7/50
Claude Sonnet 512/50
GPT-5.511/50
03Metrics

Build context.

Models 8/8
MeasureGeneration time
Wall-clock

Generation time

Average / build
01
Grok 4.5
28.3m
02
GPT-5.6 Terra
35.5m
03
GPT-5.5
43.2m
04
GPT-5.6 Sol
72.6m
05
GLM-5.2
88.2m
06
Claude Sonnet 5
125.9m
07
Claude Opus 4.8
147.7m
08
Claude Fable 5
301.2m
What this measures+

Average elapsed build time per game. Runtime context, not a quality ranking.

04Games

Play every build.

8 of 24 builds

Open data · 24 rows

Build artifact table.

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01 · arena combat

Claude Fable 5

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
161m 51s
Cost
$118.43
Code
6,459 lines
Files
10
02 · arena combat

Claude Opus 4.8

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
95m 14s
Cost
$38.28
Code
4,639 lines
Files
10
03 · arena combat

Claude Sonnet 5

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
93m 55s
Cost
$35.63
Code
4,947 lines
Files
12
04 · arena combat

GLM-5.2

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
95m 58s
Cost
$6.94
Code
6,331 lines
Files
11
05 · arena combat

GPT-5.5

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
36m 31s
Cost
$43.26
Code
8,529 lines
Files
14
06 · arena combat

GPT-5.6 Sol

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
59m 45s
Cost
$30.86
Code
8,489 lines
Files
8
07 · arena combat

GPT-5.6 Terra

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
33m 55s
Cost
$7.29
Code
3,953 lines
Files
13
08 · arena combat

Grok 4.5

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
29m 49s
Cost
$5.12
Code
7,292 lines
Files
12
09 · physics puzzle

Claude Fable 5

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
537m 05s
Cost
$490.66
Code
7,235 lines
Files
13
10 · physics puzzle

Claude Opus 4.8

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
190m 59s
Cost
$109.39
Code
5,017 lines
Files
14
11 · physics puzzle

Claude Sonnet 5

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
159m 06s
Cost
$90.15
Code
5,164 lines
Files
15
12 · physics puzzle

GLM-5.2

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
109m 07s
Cost
$7.48
Code
4,026 lines
Files
11
13 · physics puzzle

GPT-5.5

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
40m 19s
Cost
$23.52
Code
5,450 lines
Files
17
14 · physics puzzle

GPT-5.6 Sol

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
71m 48s
Cost
$37.55
Code
9,767 lines
Files
14
15 · physics puzzle

GPT-5.6 Terra

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
39m 46s
Cost
$9.54
Code
4,496 lines
Files
12
16 · physics puzzle

Grok 4.5

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
28m 18s
Cost
$6.43
Code
9,223 lines
Files
13
17 · racing

Claude Fable 5

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
204m 36s
Cost
$146.88
Code
6,767 lines
Files
12
18 · racing

Claude Opus 4.8

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
156m 44s
Cost
$56.40
Code
6,781 lines
Files
12
19 · racing

Claude Sonnet 5

anthropic adapter
Launch verified
Duration
124m 35s
Cost
$41.89
Code
4,932 lines
Files
12
20 · racing

GLM-5.2

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
59m 26s
Cost
$4.29
Code
5,824 lines
Files
11
21 · racing

GPT-5.5

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
52m 38s
Cost
$25.01
Code
4,168 lines
Files
16
22 · racing

GPT-5.6 Sol

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
86m 15s
Cost
$39.67
Code
11,973 lines
Files
16
23 · racing

GPT-5.6 Terra

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
32m 41s
Cost
$8.37
Code
3,862 lines
Files
13
24 · racing

Grok 4.5

openai adapter
Launch verified
Duration
26m 49s
Cost
$7.14
Code
9,242 lines
Files
19