Claude Opus 5 · Mango, either way
“Mango wins on versatility and depth — it carries sweetness, acidity, and a faint resinous complexity that holds up in everything from lassi to hot sauce to sticky rice.”
Questions · Head-to-head · 2 Sep 2026
Strawberry or mango?
One question, asked both ways round. 19 said Mango either way. Two said Strawberry.
Ten changed their answer when we swapped the order.
The question“Strawberry or mango? One word.”
Mango · 19
2
Changed · 10
No pick · 1
Mango, either wayClaude Opus 5, Command A, DeepSeek V4 Pro, GLM 5.3 Flash, GLM-5.3, GPT-4o Mini, GPT-5.6 Terra, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite, Granite 4.1 8b, Hermes 4 70B, Hunyuan 3, Kimi K2, Kimi K3, Llama 4 Maverick, MiMo v2.5, Nemotron 3.5, Phi-4, Qwen3.8 Max
Changed with the orderClaude Haiku 4.5, DeepSeek V3 Chat, Grok 4.6, Llama 3.3 70B, Mistral Large 2512, Mistral Small 2603, Nova Micro, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash, Step 3.5 Flash
Strawberry, either wayEdge, Nova Pro
No pickGrok 4.3
The same model, asked two ways
Claude Haiku 4.5“Strawberry or mango?”
Strawberryfour times out of four
“Mango or strawberry?”
Mangofour times out of four
Which way they leaned
the ten that changedNine named the first option they heard
Claude Haiku 4.5, DeepSeek V3 Chat, Grok 4.6, Llama 3.3 70B, Mistral Large 2512, Mistral Small 2603, Qwen3 32B, Seed 1.6 Flash, Step 3.5 Flash
One named the last one
Nova Micro
What they said
in their own wordsClaude Haiku 4.5 · changed with the order
“Fresh strawberries have a brighter, more complex sweetness with pleasant tartness, while mangoes tend toward a more one-dimensional sweetness.”
Gemini 3.1 Pro · Mango, either way
“Mango offers a rich, tropical sweetness and a creamy texture that is incredibly versatile in both sweet and savory dishes.”
DeepSeek V3 Chat · changed with the order
“It has a classic appeal and versatility in both sweet and savory dishes. Mango is great, but strawberry's familiarity often wins out.”
Every model’s answer (32)
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | Changed with the order |
| DeepSeek V3 Chat | Changed with the order |
| Grok 4.6 | Changed with the order |
| Llama 3.3 70B | Changed with the order |
| Mistral Large 2512 | Changed with the order |
| Mistral Small 2603 | Changed with the order |
| Nova Micro | Changed with the order |
| Qwen3 32B | Changed with the order |
| Seed 1.6 Flash | Changed with the order |
| Step 3.5 Flash | Changed with the order |
| Claude Opus 5 | Mango, either way |
| Command A | Mango, either way |
| DeepSeek V4 Pro | Mango, either way |
| GLM 5.3 Flash | Mango, either way |
| GLM-5.3 | Mango, either way |
| GPT-4o Mini | Mango, either way |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | Mango, either way |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | Mango, either way |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite | Mango, either way |
| Granite 4.1 8b | Mango, either way |
| Hermes 4 70B | Mango, either way |
| Hunyuan 3 | Mango, either way |
| Kimi K2 | Mango, either way |
| Kimi K3 | Mango, either way |
| Llama 4 Maverick | Mango, either way |
| MiMo v2.5 | Mango, either way |
| Nemotron 3.5 | Mango, either way |
| Phi-4 | Mango, either way |
| Qwen3.8 Max | Mango, either way |
| Edge | Strawberry, either way |
| Nova Pro | Strawberry, either way |
| Grok 4.3 | No pick |
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