Epoch AI: GPT-6 Astra tops ECI capability index
Astra sets new records on the Epoch Capabilities Index and its math component, ahead of Claude Fable 5.1, though Fable 5.1 remains state-of-the-art on software engineering benchmarks.
GPT-6 Astra leads the Epoch Capabilities Index (ECI), ahead of competing models like Claude Fable 5.1, and its Math-ECI also sets a new record. However, on software engineering benchmarks, Fable 5.1 remains state-of-the-art.

Based on pre-release evals, we gave GPT-6 Astra an overall ECI of 169 at launch. Only one of its benchmark results at the time was in software engineering (MirrorCode). But since then, three more SWE results have since been added, and its ECI has subsequently fallen to 166.