GUI vs. CLI: leaderboard
Computer-use agents can execute software tasks through either graphical interfaces or programmatic command interfaces, but existing evaluations confound interaction modality with differences in tasks, initial states, verifiers, and permitted actions. We introduce a matched execution-layer benchmark of 440 desktop tasks across 18 applications and 12 workflow categories, where screen-only GUI agents
Metric: Avg. (self-reported). Source: benchmarklist.com. Saturation forecast: Around August 2027. 10 models tracked.
Top models
| # | Model | Score | Overall rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.4 | 59.1 | #79 |
| 2 | Claude Opus 4.7 | 55.9 | #49 |
| 3 | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 49.1 | #90 |
| 4 | GPT-5.5 | 48.2 | #31 |
| 5 | Kimi K2.6 | 38.6 | #104 |
| 6 | Qwen 3.5 27B | 19.3 | #187 |
No result here: #3 Claude Opus 5.5, #6 GPT-6 Astra, #7 GPT-6.1 Sol.
Interactive version: theaggregate.ai/benchmark?slug=gui-vs-cli · How It Works · Data refreshed daily, snapshot 2026-10-20.