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AI Model Cost vs Intelligence Index

@ArtificialAnlysX · Sep 7, 2026

AI Model Cost vs Intelligence Index

@ArtificialAnlys's small multiples drew 16.1K views on X: 1.4x @artificialanlys's median post and #744 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

Cost vs intelligence tradeoff across AI models

XData Small multiples Claude Fable 5 All Anthropic modelsGPT-5.6 Astra (max)Claude 4.5 (high)GPT-5.6 (high)Gemini 3.0 Pro (high)GPT-5.6 (med)Claude Opus 4.5 (max)GPT-5.6 (low)Gemini 3.0 Flash (high)

@ArtificialAnlys: AI Model Cost vs Intelligence Index — Published by @ArtificialAnlys on X, Sep 7, 2026. Source: x.com

32/ 100

ViralChart score

Quiet

Fewer views and a lower engagement rate than the median post.

#872 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #280 of 491 @artificialanlys posts. Score = views 40%, likes 30%, engagement rate 15%, save rate 15%, each as a percentile of every AI chart post we hold.

Our read

The post sits in the Quiet quadrant, with a score rank of #872 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its save rate of 0.043% sits at the 24th percentile among AI chart posts, below the 0.076% median.

The score of 32 lands at #872 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #280 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

It was #2 of 3 posts from this account that day, with 3 posts from this account that day.

3posts from @artificialanlys that day

Part of a run of 3 posts on Sep 7, 2026. This one was #2 of 3 by views that day.

bottom 24%save rate

0.043% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

bottom 34%engagement rate

0.55% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

0.6xthe median small multiples post

Across 43 small multiples posts we hold, the median gets 27K views.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 12, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 491 from @artificialanlys.

Where it sits

Reach against resonance

Each dot is a post. Right is more views, up is a higher engagement rate. The lines are the medians, so the four corners are the four kinds of post.

Among 1,162 AI chart posts we hold

Score #872 of 1,162

Views	16.1K	#744	bottom 36%
Likes	74	#805	bottom 31%
Engagement rate	0.55%	#768	bottom 34%
Save rate	0.043%	#883	bottom 24%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #280 of 491

Views	16.1K	#225	top 46%
Likes	74	#249	bottom 49%
Engagement rate	0.55%	#359	bottom 27%
Save rate	0.043%	#359	bottom 27%

Growth

One read so far

Views16.1K

Age at our read35 days

Views per day of life458views divided by days since it was posted

Dots are our reads. The dotted line from the day it was posted to our first read is a gap, not data.

@artificialanlys's posts over time

Every post from this account we hold, by date and views. This one is marked; the line is the running median of the last 10.

News · Sep 7, 2026

@ArtificialAnlys posts AI model cost vs intelligence chart

A small multiples chart on cost vs intelligence across AI models drew 16.1K views and a 0.55% engagement rate on September 7, 2026.

What happened

@ArtificialAnlys published a small multiples chart on AI model cost vs intelligence on September 7, 2026. It came with 2 other posts from this account that day, on AI Model Artificial Analysis Index Comparison and Terminal-Bench v4 AI Model Performance.

The numbers

The post reached 16.1K views, ranking #744 of 1,162 AI chart posts, against a median of 39.9K views among AI chart posts. Its score of 32 ranked #872 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #280 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

The lesson

A save rate of 0.043% at the 24th percentile among AI chart posts, against a 0.076% median, shows this small multiples chart was not kept for later reference. The 14 models shown did not translate into saves.

What it means

At #280 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts and #872 of 1,162 AI chart posts, this chart sits below the account's own body of work. The 16.1K views against a 39.9K median among AI chart posts mark a wide gap for this publisher.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 12, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Updates: what @artificialanlys posted next

Data and API

30 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 30%

Series	Group	Value	Read
Answer	New (Gemini 2.5 Flash)	0.06	estimated
Reasoning	New (Gemini 2.5 Flash)	0.11	estimated
Cache Write	New (Gemini 2.5 Flash)	0.12	estimated
Cache Hit	New (Gemini 2.5 Flash)	0.18	estimated
Input	New (Gemini 2.5 Flash)	0.25	estimated
Answer	GPT-5.6 (high)	0.44	estimated
Reasoning	GPT-5.6 (high)	0.51	estimated
Cache Write	GPT-5.6 (high)	0.58	estimated
Cache Hit	GPT-5.6 (high)	0.61	estimated
Input	GPT-5.6 (high)	0.67	estimated
Answer	GPT-5.6 (low)	0.82	estimated
Reasoning	GPT-5.6 (low)	1.24	estimated

Showing 12 of 30. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/1595ed96ae31.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/1595ed96ae31.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/1595ed96ae31.skill.md

Make one like this Open the post JSON Chart data JSON Skill file API docs

Static files in this prototype. The post JSON holds the public numbers, ranks, score, quadrant, our reads and, when checked, our copy.

API · Max

Use this chart via API

On the Max plan you can pull this chart's numbers with the provenance of each one, as JSON or CSV, with its redraw spec, or call it from an agent over MCP. Chart id 1595ed96ae31.

Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.30 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.

See the Max plan API docs

	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/1595ed96ae31`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/1595ed96ae31/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/1595ed96ae31/render?view=1`	The draw-only view this page uses	Open
POST	`/mcp`	Tool get_chart_data with this id, for Claude, Cursor and other agents	Max

curlMax

curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/1595ed96ae31/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

Claude CodeMax

claude mcp add --transport http viralchart https://viral-chart.com/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

60 requests a minute per key; over that you get 429 with Retry-After. Up to 5 keys per account, made on your account page and shown once. Without Max, the data route answers 402 with a link to the plans. The numbers describe a chart its publisher owns, and every file carries a license note.

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