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Model Performance vs Cost

OpenAIX · Sep 22, 2026 · official

Model Performance vs Cost

OpenAI's line chart drew 78.8K views on X: 0.5x its median post and #430 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

AI Model Score vs Cost per Task

XData Line chart GPT-5.6 All OpenAI models GPT-6 Astra GPT-6 Sol GPT-6 Luna Claude Opus 5 Claude Fable 5GPT-5.6 SolGPT-5.6 Luna

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

61/ 100

ViralChart score

Reached and resonated

More views and a higher engagement rate than the median post: it travelled and people acted on it.

#429 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #39 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

The post sits in the Reached and resonated quadrant, with a score rank of #429 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 78.8K views sit at 0.49x OpenAI's 162K median, ranking #51 of 74 OpenAI posts.

It ranked #2 of 3 posts from this account that day.

Its score of 61 ranks #429 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #39 of 74 OpenAI posts.

0.17views per follower

78.8K views from an account with 457.2K followers.

3posts from OpenAI that day

Part of a run of 3 posts on Sep 22, 2026. This one was #2 of 3 by views that day.

0.5xOpenAI's median post

78.8K views, where OpenAI's typical post gets 161.5K.

top 41%engagement rate

0.82% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

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 #429 of 1,162

Views	78.8K	#430	top 37%
Likes	555	#422	top 36%
Engagement rate	0.82%	#475	top 41%
Save rate	0.077%	#575	top 49%

Among 74 OpenAI posts

Score #39 of 74

Views	78.8K	#51	bottom 32%
Likes	555	#43	bottom 43%
Engagement rate	0.82%	#16	top 21%
Save rate	0.077%	#13	top 17%

Growth

One read so far

Views78.8K

Age at our read20 days

Views per day of life3.9Kviews 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 line chart on model performance vs cost

The September 22, 2026 line chart shows AI model score against cost per task, with 7 models and 1 chart in the post.

What happened

OpenAI published a line chart on September 22, 2026, showing AI model score vs cost per task. It came with 2 other posts from this account that day.

The numbers

It reached 78.8K views, ranking #430 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #51 of 74 OpenAI posts. Its score of 61 ranks #429 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

The chart shows 7 models on a line chart, and the post's save rate of 0.077% sits below its engagement rate of 0.82%. A line chart with 7 models drew 78.8K views, and the gap between saves and engagement shows what readers kept.

What it means

At #39 of 74 OpenAI posts, this chart post trails the account's own median views of 162K by 0.49x. For AI chart posting, the 78.8K views against the 39.9K median among AI chart posts show the reach gap.

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

84 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 30%

Series	Group	Read
GPT-6 Astra	$0.005	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.01	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.02	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.05	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.10	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.20	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$0.50	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$1.00	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$2.00	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$5.00	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$10.00	estimated
GPT-6 Astra	$20.00	estimated

Showing 12 of 84. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/2d0968b8b12b.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/2d0968b8b12b.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/2d0968b8b12b.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 2d0968b8b12b.

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/2d0968b8b12b`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/2d0968b8b12b/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/2d0968b8b12b/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/2d0968b8b12b/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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