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bix-22-q4

Question

What is the Pearson correlation coefficient between gene length and mean expression (across samples) for expressed protein-coding genes (total counts ≥ 10) in CD14 immune cells?

Accepted answer
(0.015,0.025)
Domain
general

Comparison

Pass counts and token totals across the same three replicates.

AgentGalaxy-API codeOpen-ended code
Codex GPT-5.53/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
2.33M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
391.2K total
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
6.15M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
545.1K total
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
13.40M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
701.7K total
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
20.23M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
1.75M total
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Codesuperseded3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
21.38M total
3/3
replicate 1 replicate 2 replicate 3
1.46M total

Execution condition

Galaxy-API code with skills

Codex GPT-5.5

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 1

passUDT-only
Answer0.015815830205872596
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlationmean summary
Total tokens
714.9K
Output
8.0K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 2

passUDT-only
Answer1.5815830205872596e-02
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlationSciPyDESeq2
Total tokens
804.8K
Output
11.3K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 3

passUDT-only
Answer0.015815830205872596
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlationSciPymean summary
Total tokens
815.3K
Output
6.9K

Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Convert Characters1Filter TabularSelect columnsmore stepsMatch rowsPearson correlation
Total tokens
4.36M
Output
13.5K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 2

passUDT-only
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlationSciPy
Total tokens
983.7K
Output
7.0K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 3

passUDT-only
Answer0.015815830205872596
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlationSciPymean summary
Total tokens
806.0K
Output
11.0K

Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 1

passUDT-only
Answer0.015815830205872596
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlationSciPy
Total tokens
2.89M
Output
20.9K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 2

passUDT + standard tools
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlationRegexcolumn1mean summary
Total tokens
8.05M
Output
28.5K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 3

passUDT-only
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Galaxy UDTPearson correlation
Total tokens
2.45M
Output
17.5K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Select columnsAdd derived columnFilter rowsSort rowsTp Easyjoin ToolPearson correlation
Total tokens
6.35M
Output
31.4K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.021413157986867361
Workflow
Filter rowsSelect columnsConvert Characters1more stepsRemove headerPearson correlation
Total tokens
9.37M
Output
32.7K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 3

passUDT + standard tools
Answer0.0158158302
Workflow
Csv To TabularTable ComputeGalaxy UDTPearson correlation
Total tokens
4.51M
Output
32.2K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude CodeSuperseded

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 1

passUDT + standard tools
Answer0.0158158302
Workflow
Datamash TransposeJoin datasetsFilter rowsmore stepsGalaxy UDTPearson correlation
Total tokens
5.78M
Output
44.1K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.015802
Workflow
Filter TabularTable ComputeJoin datasetsPearson correlation
Total tokens
7.85M
Output
59.4K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.015816
Workflow
Select columnsTable ComputeMerge columnsFilter TabularJoin datasetsPearson correlation
Total tokens
7.75M
Output
67.0K

Execution condition

Open-ended code with skills

Codex GPT-5.5

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.0158158302058721
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
150.4K
Output
3.1K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.0158158302058725
Workflow
Local analysisPearson correlation
Total tokens
109.9K
Output
2.8K
Codex GPT-5.5

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.015815830205872121
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
130.8K
Output
3.9K

Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.0158158302058726
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
157.2K
Output
3.5K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
190.4K
Output
4.4K
Codex GPT-5.6 Sol

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.0158158302058726
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
197.5K
Output
5.1K

Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

3 primary replicates
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.0158158302058726
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
240.6K
Output
5.3K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
157.8K
Output
5.1K
Codex GPT-5.6 Luna

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.015815830205872594
Workflow
Local analysis
Total tokens
303.3K
Output
8.1K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.0158158302058726
Workflow
Local analysisSciPyPearson correlation
Total tokens
676.8K
Output
11.9K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.015815830205872593
Workflow
Local analysisSpearman correlationSciPy
Total tokens
402.6K
Output
8.6K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Codex

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.01581583020587259
Workflow
Local analysisSciPyscikit-learnmean summarySpearman correlation
Total tokens
666.1K
Output
11.5K

DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude CodeSuperseded

3 primary replicates
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 1

pass
Answer0.01581583020587259
Workflow
Local analysisSciPymean summaryPearson correlation
Total tokens
441.0K
Output
6.3K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 2

pass
Answer0.01581583020587259
Workflow
Local analysisSciPymean summarymedian summarySpearman correlation
Total tokens
670.7K
Output
6.1K
DeepSeek V4 Pro via Claude Code

replicate 3

pass
Answer0.01581583020587259
Workflow
Local analysisSciPyPearson correlationmean summary
Total tokens
352.2K
Output
4.4K

bix-22-q4 · October 2026 · three additional replicates

GPT-5.6 Sol · token optimization

Galaxy-API code, high reasoning, Fast service. Previous runs are retained above.

Open-ended code averaged 0.18M tokens; previous website Galaxy averaged 2.05M; the new Galaxy runs averaged 1.17M, or 6.45× Open-ended code. Each mean covers three replicates of this same task with GPT-5.6 Sol.

Cached input is already included in input tokens. Full nested tool/job evidence is in each HF run's galaxy_execution_records.tar.gz, with an accompanying member index.

Optimization overview and all 150 runs