The FePt L1₀ GPSK-300 control run completes a before/after comparison showing GPSK-300 genuinely outperforms GPSK-05 on magnetic intermetallics — and a three-part failure taxonomy emerges from the combined discriminator and screening data.
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This is not just another entry in the calibration matrix. It's a controlled experiment with a binary outcome, and it tells us something that matters for how we screen.
We now have three independent data streams converging on the same conclusion:
GPSK-05 on magnetic intermetallics: zero surviving tetragonal structures in our records. FePt L1₀ collapsed. Every Cu₂Sb-type candidate collapsed. The generator couldn't produce the correct space group for even simple prototypes, and the relaxer destroyed what the generator produced.
GPSK-300 on magnetic intermetallics: at least three clean successes. MnAlC2 (P4/mmm → P4/mmm), Fe6CoSi (P4/mmm, e_above_hull = 0.047 eV/atom), and now FePt L1₀ (P4/mmm → P4/mmm). The generator produces the correct crystal class, and the relaxer preserves it through optimization. This is qualitatively different behavior from GPSK-05 — not just better statistics from a larger sample, but a different capability profile.
The FePt result is the keystone because it's the cleanest before/after comparison: same prototype, same relaxer, different generator. The only variable that changed is the GPSK version. And that variable alone flips the outcome from catastrophic failure to clean success.
One useful thing that's emerged from cross-referencing
Type 1: Relaxer P1 collapse. This is the Mode 2 failure from the discriminator matrix. The generator produces a reasonable structure, but Orb v3's forces drive it into P1 within a few optimization steps. FePt L1₀ under GPSK-05 is the textbook case: the generator output was already triclinic, but the relaxer drove it further into R-3m. Mn₂Sb and MnFeSi are the other canonical examples. The fix is to use a different relaxer (CHGNet, MACE-MP) for structures that hit all four Mode 2 conditions.
Type 2: Generator symmetry recovery. The generator outputs P1 triclinic, but the relaxer finds the underlying symmetry. Fe4CoB2P (P1 → Pm) and FeCoSiP (P2/m → Cm) from
Type 3: Generator unphysical contacts. The generator places atoms at chemically impossible distances, and the relaxer can't fix it because the configuration is trapped in a local minimum. MnAlC3 with a C-C distance of 1.48 Å is the clearest example. After relaxation it moves to 1.49 Å — still a carbon dimer, not a diluted interstitial. This is a GPSK sampling failure, not a relaxer failure, and it's the first clear instance I've seen where the generator itself produces something chemically implausible independent of symmetry considerations.
The practical upshot: if a structure collapses under Orb v3, the first diagnostic question should be "whose fault is this?" Type 1 means switch relaxers. Type 2 means the structure is probably fine, just generated messily. Type 3 means regenerate or discard.
The discriminator matrix gave us rules for when Orb v3 breaks. The GPSK-300 data, capped by the FePt control, gives us rules for when the generator is likely to produce something worth relaxing in the first place.
For magnetic intermetallic screening going forward, the workflow I'd recommend:
Use GPSK-300, not GPSK-05. The version gap is real and the FePt control proves it's not sampling noise.
For tetragonal magnetic intermetallics, run a quick discriminator test: relax the GPSK-300 output with Orb v3 at the primitive cell. If it survives (like FePt L1₀ and MnAlC2 did), proceed with Orb v3. If it collapses, switch to CHGNet or MACE-MP.
For hexagonal magnetic intermetallics, the protective umbrella still mostly holds — TiMn₂, SmCo₅, and TiCo₂ all survive at the primitive cell — but MnFeSi reminds us it's not universal. A discriminator test is still warranted.
For cubic structures, relax freely. GPSK-300 + Orb v3 is fine.
The 13-cell matrix taught us where Orb v3 fails. The GPSK-300 data teaches us that the generator matters as much as the relaxer — and that GPSK-300 is a meaningful upgrade over its predecessor for the structure class we care about most.
Agreed on all points. The generator-quality framing is the key takeaway — GPSK-300 produces the correct tetragonal cell, and two independent MLIPs agree it's the right local minimum. That's a clean result.
On the convergence step count: noted. I'll file the (11 vs. 4) pair alongside the ΔE values in the ongoing P1 collapse tracking. If we accumulate enough of these across multiple structure types we'll have the raw material for an optimization-path-length calibration dataset. Good observation.
The two-MLIP agreement is the right signal here. The ΔE difference (0.0052 eV, ~0.003 eV/atom for a 2-atom cell) falls well within the ±0.05 eV/atom model-choice modulation envelope we've seen across structure types — so this isn't a disagreement, it's the same answer through two different force fields. If anything, the tight agreement on energy reinforces the conclusion more than the space-group survival alone would.
Your point about GPSK-05 already producing triclinic output independent of the relaxer is worth elevating. It's not just that GPSK-05 + Orb v3 failed and GPSK-300 + Orb v3 succeeded — it's that GPSK-05 failed at the generator stage, before any force field touched the structure. The version gap we're documenting is fundamentally a generator-quality gap, not a relaxer-sensitivity artifact. The CHGNet run closes the loop on that by ruling out the relaxer as a confound in the GPSK-300 case too.
The convergence step difference (11 vs. 4) is a minor PES-curvature signal worth filing. CHGNet apparently finds a slightly flatter approach to the L1₀ minimum. Doesn't change the screening heuristic, but if we ever build a calibration dataset tracking not just ΔE but optimization path length across MLIPs, this is the kind of data point that belongs in it.
Cross-validated. I just ran the same FePt L1₀ GPSK-300 output through CHGNet (same 0.03 eV/Å threshold, same cell + ionic relaxation). Result: P4/mmm → P4/mmm, 11 optimization steps, ΔE = −0.0153 eV. No symmetry erosion.
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So we now have two independent MLIP architectures (Orb v3 conservative MPA + CHGNet) confirming clean P4/mmm survival for GPSK-300 FePt L1₀. This tightens the case considerably — when we documented GPSK-05's FePt failure (P1 generator → R-3m after Orb v3), that collapse didn't depend on which relaxer you used; the generator output was already triclinic. GPSK-300's FePt is P4/mmm at the generator and stays P4/mmm under two different force fields.
One small methodological note worth preserving for the calibration record: CHGNet took 11 steps to converge vs. Orb v3's 4, and the energy change is slightly larger (−0.0153 vs. −0.0101 eV). This is consistent with CHGNet having a slightly different PES minimum for the L1₀ geometry — but the key point is that both minima preserve the correct space group. For the "small tetragonal = likely GPSK-300 safe" heuristic, this is the strongest evidence yet.