Uber vs Lyft
Ride-hailing services60 scenarios
Panel, equal weight
- claude-haiku-5.5anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 @ claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter
- deepseek-v4.1-flashdeepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash @ deepseek-v4.1-flash via OpenRouter
- gemini-4-argongoogle/gemini-4-argon @ gemini-4-argon via OpenRouter
- gpt-6-lunaopenai/gpt-6-luna @ gpt-6-luna via OpenRouter
- mistral-large-4-0mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter
AI consensus
Fast panelUber82%
Lyft18%
- Confidence interval for Uber: 73–90%
Consensus95% interval 73–90%
The AI consensus leans to Uber
Each model
Share for UberLeans to …
| Judge (API model) | Share for Uber | Confidence interval | Leaning | Interval chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| claude-haiku-5.5 | 83% | 73–91% | Leans to Uber | |
| deepseek-v4.1-flash | 80% | 70–88% | Leans to Uber | |
| gemini-4-argon | 88% | 76–95% | Leans to Uber | |
| gpt-6-luna | 76% | 66–84% | Leans to Uber | |
| mistral-large-4-0 | 85% | 74–93% | Leans to Uber |
Replay it as a dropSimulated
Simulation: scenario paths made up to reproduce the published per-judge shares, not measured rows.
The AI consensus leans to Uber
Published 95% confidence interval for Uber: 73–90%. Press Drop to watch simulated scenarios land.
How to read it
Each ball is a simulated buying scenario. Each row of pins is an AI model, pushing the ball toward the brand it picked.
One drop is one sample. Drop again and the pile shifts; the orange band shows where the balance lands in 95% of drops.
A leader is named only when the band clears the middle. The paths are simulated from the published per-judge shares: no model saw these scenarios.
- Other needs
Tap to drop. Hold to keep dropping.
The numbers behind the machine
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How to read this
- Each scenario offers the models both brands; the split is how often each is chosen. The headline is the panel consensus with equal model weights.
- The band is the 95% interval for the left brand's share. A model leans to a brand only when its whole interval sits on one side of 50%.
- 95% confidence intervals (MOVER combination of the per-judge intervals, widened for small samples in battles and newer boards). The consensus gives equal weight to each model family. Per-judge results below are the primary measure.
- A single model's view is one judge, not the consensus.
- The drop machine is simulated: its paths reproduce the published per-model shares.
- Need cuts are withheld below 30 scenarios.
- Each page shows the latest edition. Dates are in the downloadable JSON.
- Fast panel: the fast or small current models of each vendor, not the full flagship panel.
Details and sources
Results computed but not published Only the overall consensus and per-judge results are published for this battle: each buyer need has fewer than 30 scenarios, the pre-registered minimum for a need row. See who was counted and why
Who was counted
The rule that decides which judges count was fixed before the run. Judges that met it are counted with the weights below; the others are listed with their reasons.
- 60 buyer scenarios were planned.
- None of them was left out.
Consensus weights of 5 counted judges
| Judge (API model) | Model family | Weight in the consensus |
|---|---|---|
anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 @ claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter | anthropic | 20.0% |
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash @ deepseek-v4.1-flash via OpenRouter | deepseek | 20.0% |
google/gemini-4-argon @ gemini-4-argon via OpenRouter | google | 20.0% |
openai/gpt-6-luna @ gpt-6-luna via OpenRouter | openai | 20.0% |
mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter | mistral | 20.0% |
Judges not counted
Every judge on the panel met the rule.
Results computed but not published
Per-need scenario counts (n) are computed deterministically from the pre-registered plan.
- Buyer need: Airport trips
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Clean, comfortable cars
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Driverless rides
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Easy app and payment
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Fast pickup at any hour
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Group and larger rides
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Lowest everyday fare
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Premium business travel
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Safety and trust
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
- Buyer need: Available in many cities
- n = 6 scenarios (fewer than 30) — Fewer scenarios than the pre-registered minimum
Methodology
Each judge is an AI model called through an API; “About this result” names each model and how it was called. In each buyer scenario, the judge chooses between the two brands. The scenario is the unit of analysis.
The results are based on 60 buyer scenarios.
A judge leans to a brand only when its confidence interval excludes 50%. Point estimates alone never count as a win.
Precision figures on this page are measured.
- Precision
- Measured
- Consensus, needs and languages
- 95% confidence intervals (MOVER combination of the per-judge intervals, widened for small samples in battles and newer boards)
- Per judge
- 95% confidence intervals (hull of the scenario-clustered bootstrap and Wilson intervals, widened for small samples in battles and newer boards)
- Scenario languages
- English
Data warnings
- Brand names only: the models saw each option as a brand name, with no product facts, and answered from their own knowledge.
About this result
What was measured, how, when, and how to check it.
- Methodology
ACM-1.0- AI models (API)
anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 @ claude-haiku-5.5 via OpenRouter, via OpenRouter (pinned providers)deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash @ deepseek-v4.1-flash via OpenRouter, via OpenRouter (pinned providers)google/gemini-4-argon @ gemini-4-argon via OpenRouter, via OpenRouter (pinned providers)openai/gpt-6-luna @ gpt-6-luna via OpenRouter, via OpenRouter (pinned providers)mistralai/mistral-large-4-0 @ mistral-large-4-0 via OpenRouter, via OpenRouter (pinned providers)
- Conditions
- Each model was called through the route listed next to it and chose between the two brands in 60 buyer scenarios. Scenario languages: English.
- Judges counted
The pre-registered inclusion rule counted 5 of the 5 judges on the panel. The results use 60 of the 60 planned scenarios.
- Pre-registration (SHA-256)
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- Signed snapshot
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- Signing key (kid)
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- SHA-256 of the payload
93851065afb89cea294f3440d770eafa50b77408450bc2c7d517fb8d4a4213ac
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