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Code editing across 8 programming languages: Aider Polyglot

Metric: % Exercises CompletedIntroduced: 2024

Real-world code editing benchmark measuring a model's ability to apply changes to existing codebases across 8 programming languages using Exercism platform exercises.

Models ranked

33

tracked on this benchmark

Score band

88.0 – 3.6

best → lowest tracked

Snapshot trend

-3.50

May 29 → Jul 1 · 1 models

Leaderboard

Tracked models ranked by % Exercises Completed (higher is better).

Compare candidates
#Model variant and provenanceScore
1
GPT-5
Version: Aider PolyglotHarness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: May 5, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource

Notes: Confidence: high. DAT-3780 weekly best-of refresh: uses the highest GPT-5 thinking-level score reported by aider.chat.

88.0
2
GPT-5.5
Version: Listed as 'gpt-5 (high)' = 88 (percent_correct)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Jun 7, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
88.0
3
o3-pro
Version: 2026-04 (high)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
84.9
4
Gemini 2.5 Pro
Version: preview-06-05 (32k think)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: May 29, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
83.1
5
o3
Version: 2026-04 (high)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
81.3
6
Grok 4
Version: Aider polyglot, high reasoning, 225 testsHarness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Jul 1, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
79.6
7
Grok 4.20
Version: Listed as 'Grok-4 (high)' = 79 (percent_correct)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Jun 7, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
79.6
8
Gemini 2.5 Pro Preview 06-05
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
79.1
9
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
Version: 2026-04 (Reasoner variant)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
74.2
10
Claude 4 Opus
Version: 2026-04 (32k thinking tokens)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
72.0
11
o4-mini
Version: 2026-04 (high)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
72.0
12
Claude Opus 4.5
Version: 2026-05 (32k thinking)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: May 12, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource

Notes: Confidence: high. DAT-4172 May 12 /best/ refresh; aider leaderboard listed claude-opus-4-20250514 32k thinking at 72.0%.

72.0
13
Claude Opus 4.6
Version: Listed as 'Claude Opus 4 (32k thinking)' = 72 (percent_correct)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Jun 7, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
72.0
14
DeepSeek R1 0528
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
71.4
15
Claude 3.7 Sonnet
Version: 2026-04 (32k thinking tokens)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
64.9
16
Claude 4 Sonnet
Version: 2026-04 (32k thinking tokens)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
61.3
17
o3 Mini
Version: 2026-04 (high)Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
60.4
18
Qwen3-235B-A22B
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
59.6
19
DeepSeek R1
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
56.9
20
Gemini 2.5 Flash
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
55.1
21
DeepSeek V3 0324
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
55.1
22
Grok-3
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
53.3
23
GPT-4.1
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
52.4
24
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
51.6
25
DeepSeek V3
Version: 2026-04Harness: Not recordedEvaluator: Not recordedObserved: Apr 14, 2026Confidence: Not recordedSource
48.4
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