# ViBench aims to rank AI models by app-building, not just coding tests

> Source: <https://runtimewire.com/article/vibench-aims-to-rank-ai-models-by-app-building-not-just-coding-tests>
> Published: 2026-06-03 17:46:33+00:00

Amjad Masad (@amasad) introduced ViBench, a benchmark he says is designed to measure how well AI models build apps end to end, in a post on X on Wednesday. https://x.com/amasad/status/2062226152790675805 Masad framed the benchmark as a challenge to the way coding models are usually ranked. "Benchmarks place GPT 5.5 as the best model on SWE, but is it the best at making apps end to end?" he wrote. His answer, based on ViBench, is no: Masad said Opus 4.8 "continues to be the king of vibe coding...