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Wharton's Ethan Mollick says GPT-5 Pro has outperformed all rivals on difficult problems since last summer

Alex Imas notes the series requires longer processing times.

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Interesting that the GPT-5 Pro series models have consistently been the best models for single-shot attempts at the hardest problems since last summer. There has been no real competition in all that time.

5:59 PM · May 28, 2026 View on X

GPT-5.5 Pro is the model producing many of the novel math proofs, and also the model you should have reviewing any technical or academic paper for flaws.

Ethan MollickEthan Mollick@emollick

Interesting that the GPT-5 Pro series models have consistently been the best models for single-shot attempts at the hardest problems since last summer. There has been no real competition in all that time.

12:59 AM · May 29, 2026 · 39.9K Views
1:03 AM · May 29, 2026 · 9.9K Views

@emollick It also thinks for *a lot* longer than the other models on basically anything, which is a real cost when the problems are not particularly hard. That's why you only give it the really hard problems that need correct answers.

Ethan MollickEthan Mollick@emollick

Interesting that the GPT-5 Pro series models have consistently been the best models for single-shot attempts at the hardest problems since last summer. There has been no real competition in all that time.

12:59 AM · May 29, 2026 · 39.9K Views
3:09 AM · May 29, 2026 · 1.5K Views