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xAIX · Aug 28, 2025 · official

Model Performance: Tokens per Second vs Output Price

xAI's scatter plot drew 123K views on X: 0.9x its median post and #346 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 13, 2026.

Published by xAI on X, Aug 28, 2025. Source: x.com
67/ 100

ViralChart score

Reached and resonated

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

#294 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #11 of 23 xAI 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 #294 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its score of 67 ranks #294 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #11 of 23 xAI posts.

Engagement rate of 1.00% sits at the 73rd percentile among AI chart posts, 1.4x the 0.73% median.

The scatter plot drew 123K views against a 22.4K median for this type, a 5.5x ratio.

5.5xthe median scatter plot post

Across 187 scatter plot posts we hold, the median gets 22.4K views.

top 27%engagement rate

1.00% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

bottom 27%save rate

0.048% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

0.9xxAI's median post

123K views, where xAI's typical post gets 130.6K.

Public X numbers from our read on Oct 13, 2026. Peers: 1,162 AI chart posts we hold and 23 from xAI.

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 #294 of 1,162

Views123K#346top 30%
Likes1.1K#248top 21%
Engagement rate1.00%#311top 27%
Save rate0.048%#850bottom 27%

Among 23 xAI posts

Score #11 of 23

Views123K#13bottom 46%
Likes1.1K#13bottom 46%
Engagement rate1.00%#8top 33%
Save rate0.048%#11top 46%

Growth

Our reads cover 23 hours

Views123K
Age at our read411 days
Views per day of life299views divided by days since it was posted
Gained between our reads+2views over 23 hours, about 2 a day now

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

xAI'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 · Aug 28, 2025

xAI posts scatter plot of tokens per second vs output price

A scatter plot from xAI on August 28, 2025, showing model performance on tokens per second against output price.

What happened

xAI published a scatter plot on August 28, 2025, covering tokens per second versus output price. It was the account's only post that day.

The numbers

It reached 123K views, ranking #346 of 1,162 AI chart posts. Its score of 67 ranked #294 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #11 of 23 xAI posts.

The lesson

A scatter plot with 6 models shown drew 123K views, 5.5x the 22.4K median for this chart type. The 1.00% engagement rate against a 0.048% save rate shows the post drew reactions more than saves.

What it means

At #11 of 23 xAI posts and #294 of 1,162 AI chart posts, this scatter plot sits above the 39.9K median views among AI chart posts. The 1.4x engagement ratio to the AI median marks it as a post that travelled with above-median interaction.

Written by ViralChart from public numbers read on Oct 13, 2026. Every number is checked against our data before it is shown.

Data and API

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Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/35a2d65e0666.json
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GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/35a2d65e0666.skill.md

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

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