Background: Determining an adequate sample size is essential for developing reliable and generalisable clinical prediction models, yet practical guidance on selecting appropriate methods remains limited. Existing analytical and simulation-based approaches often rely on restrictive assumptions and focus on mean-based criteria. We present and validate pmsims, an R package that uses Gaussian process surrogate modelling to provide a flexible and computationally efficient simulation-based framework for sample size determination across diverse prediction settings. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive simulation study with two aims. First, we compared three search engines implemented in pmsims: a Gaussian process-based adaptive method, a deterministic bisection method, and a hybrid approach, across binary, continuous, and survival outcomes. Second, we benchmarked the best-performing pmsims engine against existing analytical (pmsampsize) and simulation-based (samplesizedev) methods, evaluating recommended sample sizes, computational time, and achieved performance on large independent validation datasets. Results: The Gaussian process-based method consistently produced the most stable sample size estimates, particularly in low-signal, high-dimensional settings. In benchmarking, pmsims achieved performance close to prespecified targets across all outcome types, matching simulation-based approaches and outperforming analytical methods in more challenging scenarios. Conclusions: pmsims provides an efficient and flexible framework for principled sample size planning in clinical prediction modelling, requiring fewer model evaluations than non-adaptive simulation approaches.

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