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Intelligence Index vs Cost per Task (Cost to Run the Intelligence Index, Snapshot Sep 4 2026)
Intelligence Index vs Cost per Task (Cost to Run the Intelligence Index, Snapshot Sep 4 2026)#
Measured by cost per task, China's small models took over the cheap end of the frontier: capability that cost $779 in late 2025 cost $25 by 1H26.Draft, pending review
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The x-axis is the actual cost of running the full intelligence benchmark, including reasoning tokens, on a log scale; top-left is strong and cheap. Dashed lines are cumulative frontiers by period.
Source: Published model pricing and the Artificial Analysis index; FinSight compilation · Updated 2026-09-04
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