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Aider vs Hex

AiderAIAidervsHEHex
AiderHex
47%
53%

Leading: Hex (53.3%)

Insufficient data
This matchup has 15 decisive cases (minimum 30 required for publication).

Statistics

MetricValue
Aider wins7
Hex wins8
Abstains (no tool)740
Other tool chosen1861
Decisive cases15
Aider win rate (unweighted)46.7%
95% CI24.8% - 69.9%
Aider win rate (weighted)46.7%

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Per-model breakdown

ModelTierAiderHexNoneOtherA rate
Gemini 2.5 ProFrontier7018115100%
Mistral Small 4Mid0756630%
Devstral 2 2512Mid0157760%
Claude Haiku 4.5Small006860n/a
Claude Opus 4.6Frontier0020112n/a
Claude Opus 4.8Frontier0018n/a
Claude Sonnet 4.6Frontier006081n/a
DeepSeek R1 0528Frontier005289n/a
DeepSeek V3.2Mid005278n/a
DeepSeek V4 FlashMid0017n/a
DeepSeek V4 ProFrontier0027n/a
Gemini 2.5 FlashSmall005973n/a
Gemini 3.5 FlashSmall0008n/a
GLM 5 TurboFrontier002130n/a
GLM 5.2Frontier0009n/a
GPT 5.3 CodexFrontier0025116n/a
GPT 5.4Frontier003197n/a
GPT 5.4 MiniMid007133n/a
GPT 5.5Frontier0018n/a
Kimi K2.5Frontier005365n/a
Kimi K2.7 CodeFrontier0036n/a
Llama 4 MaverickFrontier005487n/a
Llama 4 ScoutSmall004491n/a
MiMo V2 ProFrontier0030102n/a
MiMo V2.5 ProFrontier0027n/a
MiniMax M2.7Frontier0025104n/a
MiniMax M3Frontier0009n/a
Qwen3 Coder NextMid0017120n/a

Per-prompt breakdown

PromptTierAiderHexNoneOtherA rate
ai-revenue-ops-copilotAdvanced58738838%
ai-support-agent-platformAdvanced200427100%
ai-engineering-workflowAdvanced00015n/a
ai-engineering-workflowBeginner00019n/a
ai-engineering-workflowIntermediate00019n/a
ai-revenue-ops-copilotIntermediate002418n/a
ai-revenue-ops-copilotBeginner00231204n/a
ai-support-agent-platformBeginner00289148n/a
ai-support-agent-platformIntermediate00211223n/a