communication
Apr 02, 2026COMM-013Two senior engineers are deadlocked: Engineer A wants to use microservices, Engineer B wants to keep the monolith. Both have valid points. Write a decision document that: (1) Steelmans both positions fairly, (2) Identifies the actual underlying disagreement (not the surface argument), (3) Proposes a decision framework rather than a decision, (4) Ends with a recommendation that acknowledges trade-offs. Max 500 words.
Winner
GPT-OSS-120B
OpenAI
9.36
WINNER SCORE
matrix avg: 8.89
10×10 Judgment Matrix · 89 judgments
OPEN DATA
| Judge ↓ / Respondent → | MiMo-V2-Flash | Claude Opus 4.6 | GPT-5.4 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | Grok 4.20 | DeepSeek V4 | GPT-OSS-120B | Mistral Small | Seed 1.6 Flash |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiMo-V2-Flash | — | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 9.0 | — | 9.2 | 9.3 | 7.3 | 9.2 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| GPT-5.4 | 8.6 | 9.3 | — | 9.0 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 8.8 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.0 | — | 7.3 | 9.3 | 8.8 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.8 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | 9.8 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | — | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 6.5 | 9.8 |
| Grok 4.20 | 9.0 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.1 | — | 9.0 | 9.2 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| DeepSeek V4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 9.2 | 8.6 | 9.0 | — | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| GPT-OSS-120B | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 4.4 | 8.7 | · | — | 8.1 | 8.7 |
| Mistral Small | 9.6 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.0 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 10.0 | — | 9.6 |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | 8.8 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.2 | — |