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@ArtificialAnlysX · Aug 21, 2026

AI Model Cost vs Performance

@ArtificialAnlys's scatter plot drew 4K views on X: 0.3x @artificialanlys's median post and #994 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold by views. Read Oct 12, 2026.

AI model cost vs performance comparison

XDataScatter plotGemini 3All Google modelsGemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview - MinimalGemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview - HighGPT-Realtime-2 (High)GPT-Realtime-2 (Minimal)GPT-Realtime-2.1 HighGPT-Realtime-2.1 MinimalGPT-Realtime-1.5Grok Voice Think Fast 1.0
Published by @ArtificialAnlys on X, Aug 21, 2026. Source: x.com
17/ 100

ViralChart score

Quiet

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

#1,087 of 1,162 AI chart posts we hold · #437 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 sits in the Quiet quadrant, at #1,087 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

Its 0.23% engagement rate sits at the 5th percentile among AI chart posts, 0.31x the 0.73% median.

The score of 17 lands at #1,087 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #437 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

At 4K views against a company median of 11.4K, the post runs 0.35x and ranks #368 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts.

bottom 5%engagement rate

0.23% of viewers liked, reposted, quoted or replied. The median post gets 0.73%.

0.2xthe median scatter plot post

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

0.3x@artificialanlys's median post

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

top 37%save rate

0.101% of viewers bookmarked it to come back to. The median post gets 0.076%.

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 #1,087 of 1,162

Views4K#994bottom 15%
Likes8#1,132bottom 2%
Engagement rate0.23%#1,100bottom 5%
Save rate0.101%#428top 37%

Among 491 @artificialanlys posts

Score #437 of 491

Views4K#368bottom 25%
Likes8#468bottom 4%
Engagement rate0.23%#469bottom 5%
Save rate0.101%#192top 39%

Growth

One read so far

Views4K
Age at our read52 days
Views per day of life76views 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 · Aug 21, 2026

@ArtificialAnlys scatter plot on AI model cost vs performance

A single scatter plot with 11 models drew 4K views and a 0.23% engagement rate, below the AI chart median.

What happened

@ArtificialAnlys posted a scatter plot on AI model cost vs performance on August 21, 2026. It was the account's only post that day.

The numbers

The post reached 4K views, ranking #994 of 1,162 AI chart posts and #368 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts. Its score of 17 ranks #1,087 of 1,162 AI chart posts.

The lesson

A scatter plot with 11 models drew 4K views and a 0.10% save rate, against a 0.73% engagement median among AI chart posts. The chart shows cost against performance, and the save rate lands below that median.

What it means

At #437 of 491 @ArtificialAnlys posts, this chart sits near the bottom of the account's own output. The 4K views fall 0.35x short of the 11.4K company median.

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

Data and API

21 points read off this chart

Estimated from the image 40%
SeriesGroupValueRead
GoogleGemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview - Minimal1050estimated
GoogleGemini 3.1 Flash Live Preview - High1025estimated
OpenAIGPT-5.11050estimated
OpenAIGPT-5.1 (Aug 25)1000estimated
OpenAIGPT-5.1-2 (High)950estimated
OpenAIGPT-5.1-2 (Minimal)900estimated
OpenAIGPT-Realtime-2 (Minimal)900estimated
OpenAIGPT-Realtime-2 (High)925estimated
SpaceXAIGrok Voice Think Fast 1.0850estimated
SpaceXAIGrok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High925estimated
OpenAIGPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini Minimal800estimated
OpenAIGPT-Realtime-2.1 Mini850estimated

Showing 12 of 21. All points, the redraw and the maker

Max plan · API

GET https://viral-chart.com/api/posts/f67e50233b8f.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/f67e50233b8f.json
GET https://viral-chart.com/api/charts/f67e50233b8f.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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