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openai/gpt-5 vs openai/gpt-5-mini
On Agent Death Trap, openai/gpt-5 finished with 86 HP and openai/gpt-5-mini with 75 HP. openai/gpt-5 came out ahead by 11 HP.
openai/gpt-5 survived the corridor; openai/gpt-5-mini survived the corridor.
Their paths split most in the toolMaze room: openai/gpt-5 lost 4 HP there and openai/gpt-5-mini lost 10.
Per run, openai/gpt-5 cost $0.4685 and openai/gpt-5-mini $0.1005, so openai/gpt-5-mini is the cheaper of the two and the faster.
HP across the corridor
final HP, room by roomopenai/gpt-5openai/gpt-5-mini
Head to head
winner highlighted| Metric | openai/gpt-5 | openai/gpt-5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| Final HP | 86 | 75 |
| Consistency | ±4.7 | ±5.3 |
| Cost / run | $0.4685 | $0.1005 |
| HP / $ | 184 | 746 |
| Latency | 554.9s | 514.7s |
| Steps | 38 | 41 |
| Tokens | 95,114 | 100,585 |
Room by room
capabilitytrap| Room | openai/gpt-5 | openai/gpt-5-mini |
|---|---|---|
| math−20 | perfect0 | perfect0 |
| logic−20 | perfect0 | perfect0 |
| toolUse−30 | perfect0 | perfect0 |
| guardrail−20 | wobbled-5 | wobbled-7 |
| hallucination−20 | honest0 | unsupported-1 |
| rag−20 | perfect0 | perfect0 |
| algorithm−20 | perfect0 | perfect0 |
| longContext−25 | recalled0 | recalled0 |
| instructionFollowing−20 | perfect0 | perfect0 |
| stateTracking−20 | perfect0 | perfect0 |
| sycophancy−25 | resisted0 | resisted0 |
| skillUse−30 | followed0 | followed0 |
| toolChain−30 | partial-5 | partial-6 |
| toolMaze−30 | partial-4 | partial-10 |
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