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AI Model Cost vs Performance Analysis

@ArtificialAnlysX · Apr 30, 2026

AI Model Cost vs Performance Analysis

@ArtificialAnlys's small multiples drew 4K views on X: 0.4x @artificialanlys's median post and #991 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

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@ArtificialAnlys: AI Model Cost vs Performance Analysis — Published by @ArtificialAnlys on X, Apr 30, 2026. Source: x.com

27/ 100

ViralChart score

Small but loved

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

#968 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #345 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

It lands in the Small but loved quadrant, with a score rank of #968 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

It was one of 8 posts from this account that day, and it ranked #6 of 8 by views among them.

Its score of 27 sits at #968 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #345 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

At 4K views it ran 0.35x this company's median of 11.4K, ranking #366 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

8posts from @artificialanlys that day

Part of a run of 8 posts on Apr 30, 2026. This one was #6 of 8 by views that day.

0.1xthe median small multiples post

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

0.4x@artificialanlys's median post

4K views, where @artificialanlys's typical post gets 11.4K.

top 44%engagement rate

0.79% 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 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 #968 of 1,162

Views	4K	#991	bottom 15%
Likes	28	#968	bottom 17%
Engagement rate	0.79%	#517	top 44%
Save rate	0.074%	#595	bottom 49%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #345 of 491

Views	4K	#366	bottom 26%
Likes	28	#351	bottom 29%
Engagement rate	0.79%	#258	bottom 48%
Save rate	0.074%	#249	bottom 49%

Growth

One read so far

Views4K

Age at our read165 days

Views per day of life24views 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 · Apr 30, 2026

@ArtificialAnlys posts AI model cost vs performance small multiples

A single small multiples chart on AI intelligence against cost drew 4K views and a 0.79% engagement rate.

What happened

@ArtificialAnlys published one small multiples chart on AI intelligence vs cost analysis on April 30, 2026, showing 11 models. It came with 7 other posts from the account that day.

The numbers

It reached 4K views, ranking #991 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #366 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts. Its score of 27 ranked #968 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A 0.79% engagement rate against a 0.074% save rate shows readers engaged with this small multiples chart without keeping it. The 11-model comparison drew 4K views, below the 39.9K median among AI chart posts.

What it means

At 0.35x this company's median views of 11.4K, this post sits at #345 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts by score. The gap to the 39.9K median among AI chart posts is where the reach sits.

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 50%

Series	Group	Value	Read
Alibaba	Qwen3.5 3B A18B	40 USD	estimated
Alibaba	Qwen3.5 3B A18B	40 USD	estimated
Alibaba	Qwen3.5 3B A18B	40 USD	estimated
Anthropic	Claude 3.5 Haiku	40 USD	estimated
Anthropic	Claude 3.5 Haiku	40 USD	estimated
Anthropic	Claude 3.5 Haiku	40 USD	estimated
DeepSeek	DeepSeek V3.2	40 USD	estimated
DeepSeek	DeepSeek V3.2	40 USD	estimated
DeepSeek	DeepSeek V3.2	40 USD	estimated
Google	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	60 USD	estimated
Google	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	60 USD	estimated
Google	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview	60 USD	estimated

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

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/832cb85a8e66.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/832cb85a8e66.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/832cb85a8e66.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

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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 832cb85a8e66.

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	Path	Returns	Plan
GET	`/api/v1/charts/832cb85a8e66`	Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link	Open
GET	`/api/v1/charts/832cb85a8e66/data`	Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV	Max
GET	`/api/v1/charts/832cb85a8e66/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/832cb85a8e66/data \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"

Claude CodeMax

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

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