Task
jq-windows

jq 1.8.1 is a command-line JSON utility for viewing and transforming JSON. Project link: github.com/jqlang/jq

Task: Compile and install jq to a specific location. Cross-compile to Windows, link it statically.

Difficulties: Cross-compilation to Windows, setting up the cross-compilation toolchain (compilers, etc), making sure that there are no dynamic libraries.

Environment: Ubuntu 22.04 on amd64, with internet access.

Best attempt
Model qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
Attempt g1f6oaf2f2n9w
# of commands 3
Total time 55s
Cost $0.018
Terminal transcript >
compile-bench> sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get install -y gcc-mingw-w64 autoconf automake libtool make
update-alternatives: warning: forcing reinstallation of alternative /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-win32 because link group i686-w64-mingw32-gcc is broken
update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-8 because associated file /usr/bin/i686-w64-mingw32-gcc-8.3-win32 (of link group i686-w64-mingw32-gcc) doesn't exist
Setting up libltdl-dev:amd64 (2.4.6-15build2) ...
Setting up gcc-mingw-w64 (10.3.0-14ubuntu1+24.3) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.35-0ubuntu3.10) ...
Processing triggers for libwine:amd64 (6.0.3~repack-1) ...
compile-bench> mkdir -p /home/peter/jq-build && tar -xzf jq.tar.gz -C /home/peter/jq-build --strip-components=1

compile-bench> cd /home/peter/jq-build && CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc ./configure --host=x86_64-w64-mingw32 --enable-static --disable-shared && make LDFLAGS="-all-static" && mkdir -p /home/peter/result && cp jq.exe /home/peter/result/
  CC       src/lexer.lo
  CC       src/parser.lo
  CCLD     libjq.la
  CCLD     jq.exe
make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-build'
make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/peter/jq-build'
Model ranking
# Model
1
gpt-5-minimal logo gpt-5-minimal
100%
13 (4.3x) 1m20s (1.5x) $0.052 (7.5x)
2
gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
100%
14 (4.7x) 3m7s (3.6x) $0.091 (13.1x)
3
claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
100%
21 (7.0x) 2m30s (2.9x) $0.194 (27.9x)
4
claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
100%
23 (7.7x) 2m33s (3.0x) $0.234 (33.7x)
5
claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
100%
24 (8.0x) 1m36s (1.9x) $0.190 (27.4x)
6
gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
100%
36 (12.0x) 4m46s (5.5x) $0.347 (49.9x)
7
grok-4 logo grok-4
67%
3 (1.0x) 3m5s (3.6x) $0.155 (22.3x)
8
deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
67%
13 (4.3x) 1m5s (1.3x) $0.043 (6.2x)
9
gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
67%
18 (6.0x) 4m16s (5.0x) $0.038 (5.5x)
10
claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
67%
21 (7.0x) 1m38s (1.9x) $0.151 (21.8x)
11
kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
67%
22 (7.3x) 1m20s (1.6x) $0.178 (25.6x)
12
qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
33%
3 (1.0x) 55s (1.1x) $0.018 (2.6x)
13
gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
33%
8 (2.7x) 52s (1.0x) $0.007 (1.0x)
14
claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
33%
8 (2.7x) 1m46s (2.1x) $0.429 (61.8x)
15
gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
33%
9 (3.0x) 59s (1.1x) $0.056 (8.1x)
16
glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
33%
18 (6.0x) 1m47s (2.1x) $0.091 (13.1x)
17
deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
0%
18
gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
0%
19
gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking
0%
20
gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
0%
21
gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
0%
22
gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
0%
23
grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
0%
24
grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
0%
Attempts
Model Attempt ID Cost Duration Status / Error
claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
9szb1799obgp9 $0.386 1m40s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
kgao0a35zjyl8 $0.429 1m46s Success
claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k logo claude-opus-4.1-thinking-16k
m6tlj075qy136 $1.204 3m42s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
ie93is5e4q63u $0.151 1m38s Success
claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
tyxzw6d28m2ey $0.310 2m14s Success
claude-sonnet-4 logo claude-sonnet-4
yj23ymqtolx5b $0.281 2m15s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
02yg8eybegzct $0.210 2m30s Success
claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
c1vjkhc3qbr46 $0.181 2m26s Success
claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4-thinking-16k
d6qedwsxw9d4x $0.194 2m36s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
icnyrfluogvz1 $0.319 2m5s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
jwp37nr7zmqx0 $0.174 1m36s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5 logo claude-sonnet-4.5
zipovvz179fi7 $0.190 1m22s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
2pkd860lbu62w $0.187 2m25s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
f3wxq4z29zmz1 $0.298 2m52s Success
claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k logo claude-sonnet-4.5-thinking-16k
l6iv436dh7v3p $0.234 2m33s Success
deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
dmnrof6aygbdp $0.051 1m5s Success
deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
elirmlwrefz65 $0.039 1m13s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
deepseek-v3.1 logo deepseek-v3.1
z0sqcui9bxpol $0.043 1m37s Success
deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
4zsgsxy3mr526 $0.247 5m20s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
7b64txxdd5lxw $0.055 2m13s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
deepseek-v3.1-terminus logo deepseek-v3.1-terminus
7i5x6amv4yesw $0.028 1m24s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
73915yy8omgpv $0.006 53s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
8esapvv1f77uf $0.007 30s Failure task failed: jq.exe binary does not exist
gemini-2.5-flash logo gemini-2.5-flash
xdmf0z7301opk $0.013 54s Failure task failed: jq.exe binary does not exist
gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking
88vh2uc0rk21g $0.011 55s Failure task failed: jq.exe binary does not exist
gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking
962o3wdtyixry $0.015 1m17s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gemini-2.5-flash-thinking logo gemini-2.5-flash-thinking
ulm2adrozbvpo $0.014 1m3s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
hb4es9008gd3h $0.056 59s Success
gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
jc35jfibzsjlp $0.052 1m14s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gemini-2.5-pro logo gemini-2.5-pro
tdoiqqd9tnvg7 $0.037 59s Failure task failed: jq.exe binary does not exist
glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
3pnuob6n5ebjf $0.092 1m51s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
auhbtigd3c03n $0.024 1m10s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
glm-4.5 logo glm-4.5
g3gktvoafpz5u $0.091 1m47s Success
gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
dyzgubb5rdzk3 $0.103 1m13s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
hrxpw50se31vi $0.082 1m2s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-4.1 logo gpt-4.1
wdtj2fr8uf0t5 $0.051 1m2s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
da2b7m8uzzkrc $0.007 52s Success
gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
fc9g3soaojv2j $0.009 54s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-4.1-mini logo gpt-4.1-mini
p4h15s794y3xh $0.005 54s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
bucvq7hcm8qyu $0.347 4m46s Success
gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
hwijgk2fy8ee0 $0.351 4m49s Success
gpt-5-codex-high logo gpt-5-codex-high
n86tcjx3e6n8f $0.250 4m35s Success
gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
d8dlng4urmp14 $0.083 3m7s Success
gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
egdr3smjmsgek $0.091 3m17s Success
gpt-5-high logo gpt-5-high
sktvqvlo13bbc $0.094 2m44s Success
gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
k81fptysyo1p3 $0.026 3m30s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
vtsxqiuasvrdm $0.038 4m59s Success
gpt-5-mini-high logo gpt-5-mini-high
z1kklm6lnxh44 $0.041 4m16s Success
gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
kpkn5xcvmfvi7 $0.003 1m2s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
t8t8p0rm0ql8a $0.004 1m0s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-5-mini-minimal logo gpt-5-mini-minimal
ygrlg46vj3qyo $0.007 1m4s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-5-minimal logo gpt-5-minimal
0xgj1oh2bi9aj $0.031 1m7s Success
gpt-5-minimal logo gpt-5-minimal
iyek3wml8lvmo $0.053 1m53s Success
gpt-5-minimal logo gpt-5-minimal
lvw52wwt1vo0j $0.052 1m20s Success
gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
6ok022s5c4eo4 $0.007 55s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
fgbdqj729zi4o $0.011 52s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
gpt-oss-120b-high logo gpt-oss-120b-high
tniw46aj4o6so $0.012 1m9s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
grok-4 logo grok-4
7xywc270dfxvt $0.155 3m23s Success
grok-4 logo grok-4
jhiphmji70f2h $0.105 2m5s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
grok-4 logo grok-4
wakd5ievn14m3 $0.164 3m5s Success
grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
1ev321diq1rcq $0.013 3m5s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
4f7y80tefm3m8 $0.030 3m39s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
grok-4-fast logo grok-4-fast
8lh06x05kbj4n $0.070 7m6s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
8l0l6iejvfuun $0.008 1m20s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
k2mhp31bg0hj0 $0.019 1m31s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
grok-code-fast-1 logo grok-code-fast-1
mhv520mpw4k7e $0.013 2m6s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
150v5u32xja29 $0.181 1m29s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
y0if40lgozu4r $0.200 1m20s Success
kimi-k2-0905 logo kimi-k2-0905
zwr8ct9r1ina2 $0.178 3m59s Success
qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
bvwauvargxapl $0.024 52s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string
qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
g1f6oaf2f2n9w $0.018 55s Success
qwen3-max logo qwen3-max
j08r5we4vww3h $0.026 54s Failure task failed: jq help does not contain expected string