Two coding agents have different scores and sandbox limits. How would you compare them fairly?

Instruction: Design a matched comparison, classify memory and timeout failures, and explain what the results can establish.

Context: Separate coding-agent capability from sandbox configuration, evaluation noise, and genuine resource inefficiency.

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I’d first define the decision: are we comparing model capability, or choosing the better complete coding system? Different sandbox limits can change the answer, so I wouldn’t rank agents from those scores alone...

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