Aider-Edit
Models edit Python source files to complete 133 Exercism exercises through Aider. Scored by the share of exercises whose unit tests all pass.
Aider replaced it with the polyglot benchmark in December 2024 because top scores passed 80% on its 133 Python exercises.
- Made by
- Aider
- Released
- July 2023
- Kind
- Function-level problems
- Level
- School
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Code
- Tasks
- All public
- Strongest model tested
- o1 #117 on the capability index
- Last in a launch post
- July 2025, dropped for a newer version
- Last model added
- October 2025
- Scores refreshed
- November 12th, 2026
DeepSeek-V3 leads with 79.7% among models released by October 2025
Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) leads with 84.2% across all independent runs
Best score per model across the official leaderboard, Epoch AI’s own runs and any board Epoch AI copied. Each bar and row names its source.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) leads with 84.2%, claims included
Best score per model from every source, including labs’ own numbers and claims Epoch AI collected from reports and papers. Labs pick their own settings, so a claim can beat an independent run of the same model.
The newest model with a score here came out in October 2025, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:
- Claude Fable 5.2
-
Gemini 4 Carbon
- GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Opus 5.5
- and 16 more
- 1
DeepSeek-V3 79.7%
- 2
Ring-1T 78.6%
- 3
DeepSeek-V2.5 Sep 2024 72.2%
- 4
Seed-Coder-8B-Instruct 57.1%
- 5
Seed Diffusion Preview 44.4%
Source: Labs’ model cards
- 84.2 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024)
- 84.2 o1
- 79.7 o1-preview
- 77.4 Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- 75.2 Claude 3.5 Haiku
- 72.9 GPT-4o
- 72.9
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
- 72.2
DeepSeek-V2.5
- 72.2
DeepSeek-V2.5-1210
- 71.4 GPT-4o
- 71.4 GPT-4o
- 71.4
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct
- 69.9
Gemini 2.0 Flash
- 69.2 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct
- 68.4 Claude 3 Opus
- 67.7 GPT-4
- 66.9 Dracarys2-72B-Instruct
- 66.2 GPT-4 Turbo (Jan 2024)
- 65.4
Yi-Lightning
- 61.7 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B
- 61.1 o1-mini
- 60.2
Mistral Large 2
- 59.4
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- 58.6 Grok-2
- 57.9 GPT-3.5 Turbo (Mar 2023)
- 55.6
Qwen2-72B
- 55.6 GPT-4o mini
- 54.9 Claude 3 Sonnet
- 54.9 Grok-2 mini
- 54.9
Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct
- 54.1
Qwen2.5-32B
- 47.4 Claude 3 Haiku
- 44.4
WizardLM-2 8x22B
- 39.1 Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct
- 1 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) 84.2%
- 2 o1 84.2%
- 3 o1-preview 79.7%
- 4 Claude 3.5 Sonnet 77.4%
- 5 Claude 3.5 Haiku 75.2%
- 6 GPT-4o May 2024 72.9%
- 7
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B 72.9%
- 8
DeepSeek-V2.5 Sep 2024 72.2%
- 9
DeepSeek-V2.5-1210 72.2%
- 10 GPT-4o Aug 2024 71.4%
- 11 GPT-4o Nov 2024 71.4%
- 12
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct 71.4%
- 13
Gemini 2.0 Flash Dec 2024 69.9%
- 14 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct 69.2%
- 15 Claude 3 Opus 68.4%
- 16 GPT-4 Jun 2023 67.7%
- 17 Dracarys2-72B-Instruct 66.9%
- 18 GPT-4 Turbo (Jan 2024) 66.2%
- 19
Yi-Lightning 65.4%
- 20 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B 61.7%
- 21 o1-mini 61.1%
- 22
Mistral Large 2 Jul 2024 60.2%
- 23
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 59.4%
- 24 Grok-2 Aug 2024 58.6%
- 25 GPT-3.5 Turbo (Mar 2023) 57.9%
- 26
Qwen2-72B 55.6%
- 27 GPT-4o mini 55.6%
- 28 Claude 3 Sonnet 54.9%
- 29 Grok-2 mini 54.9%
- 30
Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct 54.9%
- 31
Qwen2.5-32B 54.1%
- 32 Claude 3 Haiku 47.4%
- 33
WizardLM-2 8x22B 44.4%
- 34 Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct 39.1%
Source: Official Aider-Edit leaderboard
- 84.2 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024)
- 84.2 o1
- 79.7 o1-preview
- 79.7
DeepSeek-V3
- 78.6
Ring-1T
- 77.4 Claude 3.5 Sonnet
- 75.2 Claude 3.5 Haiku
- 72.9 GPT-4o
- 72.9
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B
- 72.2
DeepSeek-V2.5
- 72.2
DeepSeek-V2.5-1210
- 71.4 GPT-4o
- 71.4 GPT-4o
- 71.4
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct
- 69.9
Gemini 2.0 Flash
- 69.2 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct
- 68.4 Claude 3 Opus
- 67.7 GPT-4
- 66.9 Dracarys2-72B-Instruct
- 66.2 GPT-4 Turbo (Jan 2024)
- 65.4
Yi-Lightning
- 61.7 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B
- 61.1 o1-mini
- 60.2
Mistral Large 2
- 59.4
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct
- 58.6 Grok-2
- 57.9 GPT-3.5 Turbo (Mar 2023)
- 57.1
Seed-Coder-8B-Instruct
- 55.6
Qwen2-72B
- 55.6 GPT-4o mini
- 54.9 Claude 3 Sonnet
- 54.9 Grok-2 mini
- 54.9
Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct
- 54.1
Qwen2.5-32B
- 47.4 Claude 3 Haiku
- 44.4
WizardLM-2 8x22B
- 44.4
Seed Diffusion Preview
- 39.1 Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct
- 1 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) 84.2%
- 2 o1 84.2%
- 3 o1-preview 79.7%
- 4
DeepSeek-V3 79.7%
- 5
Ring-1T 78.6%
- 6 Claude 3.5 Sonnet 77.4%
- 7 Claude 3.5 Haiku 75.2%
- 8 GPT-4o May 2024 72.9%
- 9
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B 72.9%
- 10
DeepSeek-V2.5 Sep 2024 72.2%
- 11
DeepSeek-V2.5-1210 72.2%
- 12 GPT-4o Aug 2024 71.4%
- 13 GPT-4o Nov 2024 71.4%
- 14
Qwen2.5-Coder-32B-Instruct 71.4%
- 15
Gemini 2.0 Flash Dec 2024 69.9%
- 16 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct 69.2%
- 17 Claude 3 Opus 68.4%
- 18 GPT-4 Jun 2023 67.7%
- 19 Dracarys2-72B-Instruct 66.9%
- 20 GPT-4 Turbo (Jan 2024) 66.2%
- 21
Yi-Lightning 65.4%
- 22 Qwen2.5-Coder-14B 61.7%
- 23 o1-mini 61.1%
- 24
Mistral Large 2 Jul 2024 60.2%
- 25
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 59.4%
- 26 Grok-2 Aug 2024 58.6%
- 27 GPT-3.5 Turbo (Mar 2023) 57.9%
- 28
Seed-Coder-8B-Instruct 57.1%
- 29
Qwen2-72B 55.6%
- 30 GPT-4o mini 55.6%
- 31 Claude 3 Sonnet 54.9%
- 32 Grok-2 mini 54.9%
- 33
Llama-3.1-Nemotron-70B-Instruct 54.9%
- 34
Qwen2.5-32B 54.1%
- 35 Claude 3 Haiku 47.4%
- 36
WizardLM-2 8x22B 44.4%
- 37
Seed Diffusion Preview 44.4%
- 38 Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct 39.1%
Sources: Official Aider-Edit leaderboard and labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | 79.7% | Dec 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | | 78.6% | Oct 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 3 | | 72.2% | Sep 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 4 | | 57.1% | Jun 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 5 | | 44.4% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card |
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) | 84.2% | aider, diff edits | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | o1 | 84.2% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 3 | o1-preview | 79.7% | aider, diff edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | 77.4% | aider, diff edits | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 5 | Claude 3.5 Haiku | 75.2% | aider, diff edits | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 6 | GPT-4o May 2024 | 72.9% | aider, diff edits | May 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 7 | | 72.9% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 8 | | 72.2% | aider, diff edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 9 | | 72.2% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 10 | GPT-4o Aug 2024 | 71.4% | aider, diff edits | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 11 | GPT-4o Nov 2024 | 71.4% | aider, diff edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 12 | | 71.4% | aider, diff edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 13 | | 69.9% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 14 | Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct | 69.2% | aider, whole edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 15 | Claude 3 Opus | 68.4% | aider, diff edits | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 16 | GPT-4 Jun 2023 | 67.7% | aider, diff edits | Jun 2023 | Official leaderboard |
| 17 | Dracarys2-72B-Instruct | 66.9% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 18 | GPT-4 Turbo (Jan 2024) | 66.2% | aider, udiff edits | Jan 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 19 | | 65.4% | aider, whole edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 20 | Qwen2.5-Coder-14B | 61.7% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 21 | o1-mini | 61.1% | aider, diff edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 22 | | 60.2% | aider, whole edits | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 23 | | 59.4% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 24 | Grok-2 Aug 2024 | 58.6% | aider, whole edits | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 25 | GPT-3.5 Turbo (Mar 2023) | 57.9% | aider, whole edits | Mar 2023 | Official leaderboard |
| 26 | | 55.6% | aider, whole edits | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 27 | GPT-4o mini | 55.6% | aider, whole edits | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 28 | Claude 3 Sonnet | 54.9% | aider, whole edits | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 29 | Grok-2 mini | 54.9% | aider, whole edits | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 30 | | 54.9% | aider, whole edits | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 31 | | 54.1% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 32 | Claude 3 Haiku | 47.4% | aider, whole edits | Mar 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 33 | | 44.4% | aider, whole edits | Apr 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 34 | Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct | 39.1% | aider, whole edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) | 84.2% | aider, diff edits | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 2 | o1 | 84.2% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 3 | o1-preview | 79.7% | aider, diff edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 4 | | 79.7% | Dec 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 5 | | 78.6% | Oct 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 6 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | 77.4% | aider, diff edits | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 7 | Claude 3.5 Haiku | 75.2% | aider, diff edits | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 8 | GPT-4o May 2024 | 72.9% | aider, diff edits | May 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 9 | | 72.9% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 10 | | 72.2% | aider, diff edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 11 | | 72.2% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 12 | GPT-4o Aug 2024 | 71.4% | aider, diff edits | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 13 | GPT-4o Nov 2024 | 71.4% | aider, diff edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 14 | | 71.4% | aider, diff edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 15 | | 69.9% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 16 | Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct | 69.2% | aider, whole edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 17 | Claude 3 Opus | 68.4% | aider, diff edits | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 18 | GPT-4 Jun 2023 | 67.7% | aider, diff edits | Jun 2023 | Official leaderboard |
| 19 | Dracarys2-72B-Instruct | 66.9% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 20 | GPT-4 Turbo (Jan 2024) | 66.2% | aider, udiff edits | Jan 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 21 | | 65.4% | aider, whole edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 22 | Qwen2.5-Coder-14B | 61.7% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 23 | o1-mini | 61.1% | aider, diff edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 24 | | 60.2% | aider, whole edits | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 25 | | 59.4% | aider, diff edits | Dec 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 26 | Grok-2 Aug 2024 | 58.6% | aider, whole edits | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 27 | GPT-3.5 Turbo (Mar 2023) | 57.9% | aider, whole edits | Mar 2023 | Official leaderboard |
| 28 | | 57.1% | Jun 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 29 | | 55.6% | aider, whole edits | Jun 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 30 | GPT-4o mini | 55.6% | aider, whole edits | Jul 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 31 | Claude 3 Sonnet | 54.9% | aider, whole edits | Feb 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 32 | Grok-2 mini | 54.9% | aider, whole edits | Aug 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 33 | | 54.9% | aider, whole edits | Oct 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 34 | | 54.1% | aider, whole edits | Sep 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 35 | Claude 3 Haiku | 47.4% | aider, whole edits | Mar 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 36 | | 44.4% | aider, whole edits | Apr 2024 | Official leaderboard |
| 37 | | 44.4% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 38 | Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct | 39.1% | aider, whole edits | Nov 2024 | Official leaderboard |
The benchmark's own leaderboard has 96 entries, 34 of them models we track. Switch the scores above to rank them together.
Of runs with a cost, the best scores 79.7% for $0.48 a task
Runs on the cost frontier score higher than any run that's cheaper. Claude 3.5 Sonnet comes within 2.3 points of the best for $0.03 a task, 18 times cheaper. The costs are the leaderboard's own estimates, so compare them only within this benchmark.
Source: Official Aider-Edit leaderboard
| Model | Effort | Harness | Score | Cost per task | Output tokens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) | aider, diff edits | 84.2% | |||
| o1 | aider, diff edits | 84.2% | |||
| o1-preview | aider, diff edits | 79.7% | $0.48 | ||
| Claude 3.5 Sonnet | aider, diff edits | 77.4% | $0.03 | ||
| Claude 3.5 Haiku | aider, diff edits | 75.2% | |||
| GPT-4o May 2024 | aider, diff edits | 72.9% | |||
| | aider, whole edits | 72.9% | |||
| | aider, diff edits | 72.2% | $0.0008 | ||
| | aider, diff edits | 72.2% | $0.0008 | ||
| GPT-4o Aug 2024 | aider, diff edits | 71.4% | |||
| GPT-4o Nov 2024 | aider, diff edits | 71.4% | |||
| | aider, diff edits | 71.4% | |||
| | aider, diff edits | 69.9% | |||
| Qwen2.5-Coder-14B-Instruct | aider, whole edits | 69.2% | |||
| Claude 3 Opus | aider, diff edits | 68.4% | $0.10 | ||
| GPT-4 Jun 2023 | aider, diff edits | 67.7% | $0.13 | ||
| Dracarys2-72B-Instruct | aider, whole edits | 66.9% | |||
| GPT-4 Turbo (Jan 2024) | aider, udiff edits | 66.2% | $0.11 | ||
| | aider, whole edits | 65.4% | |||
| Qwen2.5-Coder-14B | aider, whole edits | 61.7% | |||
| o1-mini | aider, diff edits | 61.1% | $0.07 | ||
| | aider, whole edits | 60.2% | |||
| | aider, diff edits | 59.4% | |||
| Grok-2 Aug 2024 | aider, whole edits | 58.6% | |||
| GPT-3.5 Turbo (Mar 2023) | aider, whole edits | 57.9% | $0.004 | ||
| | aider, whole edits | 55.6% | |||
| GPT-4o mini | aider, whole edits | 55.6% | $0.0007 | ||
| Claude 3 Sonnet | aider, whole edits | 54.9% | |||
| Grok-2 mini | aider, whole edits | 54.9% | |||
| | aider, whole edits | 54.9% | |||
| | aider, whole edits | 54.1% | |||
| Claude 3 Haiku | aider, whole edits | 47.4% | $0.001 | ||
| | aider, whole edits | 44.4% | |||
| Qwen2.5-Coder-3B-Instruct | aider, whole edits | 39.1% | |||
| o1-mini | aider, whole edits | 27.1% | $0.08 |
2 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since its release in July 2023 6 models have held number one across all independent runs since its release in July 2023 6 models have held number one with claims included since its release in July 2023
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release. We draw one row each for the benchmark’s own leaderboard and what labs claim in their cards.
Sources: Official Aider-Edit leaderboard and labs’ model cards
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Sources: Official Aider-Edit leaderboard and labs’ model cards
Labs moved on to Aider Polyglot
Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.
| Date | Launch post | Score | As the post writes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2025 | 44.4 | Aider (whole format, tries=2) | |
| Dec 26, 2024 | 79.7 | Aider-Edit (Acc.) | |
| Sep 5, 2024 | 72.2 | Aider |
4 system cards report it, from 3 labs
Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2025 | | 78.6 | Aider, cited as aider.chat/docs/benchmarks.html#the-benchmark (Table 1) | Capabilities |
| Aug 4, 2025 | | 44.4 | Aider, whole format, tries=2 (Table 1) | Capabilities |
| Jun 4, 2025 | | 57.1 | Aider ("whole" format) tries=2 (Table 13) | Capabilities |
| Dec 26, 2024 | | 79.7 | Aider-Edit (Acc.), DeepSeek-V3 (Table 6) | Capabilities |
One lab claim next to the leaderboard
Each score a lab reported for its own model, beside the same model's best score on the leaderboard. Gaps mostly come from different harnesses, effort levels and task subsets. 1 of them match, which usually means one side copied the other. Every benchmark.
| Model | Lab says | Board says | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| | 72.2% Aider | 72.2% Leaderboard, aider, diff edits | Same |
Versions
We switch the top row to each new version when it comes out. Open it for one row per version. An old version stays in play while people still test it, so whoever first takes it past 85% gets credit for closing it out.
Source: Labs’ model cards
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