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AutomationBench: Cost vs Score

OpenAIX · Sep 22, 2026 · official

AutomationBench: Cost vs Score

OpenAI's line chart drew 22.5K views on X: 0.1x its median post and #694 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

AutomationBench performance versus cost per task

XData Line chart GPT-5.6 All OpenAI models GPT-6 Astra Claude Opus 5GPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 LunaClaude Fable 5.1 w/ Opus 5 Fallback

OpenAI: AutomationBench: Cost vs Score — Published by OpenAI on X, Sep 22, 2026. Source: x.com

40/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

Fewer views than the median post but a higher engagement rate: a smaller crowd that acted on it.

#750 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #66 of 74 OpenAI 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

It sits in the Small but loved quadrant, at #750 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 22.5K views sit at 0.14x OpenAI's median of 162K, ranking #65 of 74 OpenAI posts.

The 0.036% save rate is 0.47x the AI chart median of 0.076%, at 18th percentile.

On a day with 3 posts from this account, this one ranked #3 of 3 by views.

0.05views per follower

22.5K views from an account with 457.2K followers.

0.1xOpenAI's median post

22.5K views, where OpenAI's typical post gets 161.5K.

bottom 18%save rate

0.036% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

3posts from OpenAI that day

Part of a run of 3 posts on Sep 22, 2026. This one was #3 of 3 by views that day.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 12, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 74 from OpenAI.

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 #750 of 1,162

Views	22.5K	#694	bottom 40%
Likes	175	#673	bottom 42%
Engagement rate	0.83%	#468	top 40%
Save rate	0.036%	#955	bottom 18%

Among 74 OpenAI posts

Score #66 of 74

Views	22.5K	#65	bottom 13%
Likes	175	#61	bottom 18%
Engagement rate	0.83%	#15	top 20%
Save rate	0.036%	#52	bottom 30%

Growth

One read so far

Views22.5K

Age at our read20 days

Views per day of life1.1Kviews 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.

OpenAI'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 22, 2026

OpenAI posts AutomationBench cost vs score line chart

The September 22, 2026 chart reached 22.5K views and a 0.83% engagement rate, with saves below the AI chart median.

What happened

OpenAI published a line chart on AutomationBench performance versus cost per task on September 22, 2026. It was one of 3 posts from the account that day, alongside Coding deception rates and Model Performance vs Cost.

The numbers

The post drew 22.5K views, ranking #694 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #65 of 74 OpenAI posts. Its score of 40 placed it at #750 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A line chart with 5 models shown drew a 0.036% save rate, 0.47x the AI chart median of 0.076%. The 0.83% engagement rate sits above the median while saves sit at 18th percentile.

What it means

At #66 of 74 OpenAI posts by score, this chart trails the account's own output. The 0.14x gap to OpenAI's 162K median views marks it as a low-reach post 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 OpenAI posted next

Data and API

32 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 30%

Series	Group	Value	Read
GPT-6 Astra	$0.005	1 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.01	2 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.02	4 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.05	9 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.10	14 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.20	21 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.50	30 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$1.00	39 %	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$2.00	42 %	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	$0.01	2 %	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	$0.02	4 %	estimated
GPT-5.6 Sol	$0.05	11 %	estimated

Showing 12 of 32. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/2cddf54b96a4.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/2cddf54b96a4.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/2cddf54b96a4.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 2cddf54b96a4.

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/2cddf54b96a4`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/2cddf54b96a4/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/2cddf54b96a4/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/2cddf54b96a4/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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