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GPT-5 (high) on Terminal-Bench (Terminus-1): 46.2% accuracy

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Summary

GPT-5 (high) from OpenAI scored 46.2 on Terminal-Bench (Terminus-1), placing it top 10 (rank 10 of 77) on this benchmark. This places the model in the below-frontier band for Terminal-Bench (Terminus-1). Acceptable for cost-sensitive workloads or as part of a multi-model ensemble. Not a default choice for high-stakes routing.

Model details

  • Provider: OpenAI
  • Model key: openai/gpt-5-high
  • Context length: 400,000 tokens
  • License: Proprietary
  • Open weights: no

Benchmark methodology

Secondary metrics

  • Readability score: 0.0
  • Toxicity score: 0.000
  • Ethics score: 0.000

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_Source: LayerLens evaluation 6900b74df8f82a4e876fe7a6. Updated 2025-10-28._