Coding Agent Eval: Pi is Faster, More Accurate, and Cheaper
vitaliychiley · x · 2026-07-10
In this repost, the author shares their firsthand experience: on the same tasks, Pi is faster, more accurate, and cheaper than Codex and Claude Code, while also offering greater customizability.
The quoted thread adds that after evaluating coding agents using internal tasks, Databricks found:
- There is much more room to reduce costs and improve quality than expected
- Many models, including some open-source ones, are already highly competitive
- Such tasks warrant systematic evaluation using a proprietary harness rather than relying on surface impressions
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