AI model cost-performance
Arena's scatter plot drew 2.8K views on X: 0.4x its typical post and #91 of 92 Arena charts we track by views. Read Oct 14, 2026.
We built Max’s routing methodology to work across any model combination, allowing the router to stay on the frontier even as new models launch.
We built Max’s routing methodology to work across any model combination, allowing the router to stay on the frontier even as new models launch. With Fable 5 and Kimi K3, Max achieves a +10.7% net improvement at a median
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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 1f197f9085dc.
Approximate values. Our two readings of this chart agreed only in part (confidence 0.44 of 1), so check the original before you quote a number. The API marks it lowConfidence, and ?min_confidence=0.5 leaves it out.
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| GET | /api/v1/charts/1f197f9085dc | Title, publisher, date, form, point count; with a Max key, the data link | Open |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/1f197f9085dc/data | Every point with its provenance and confidence, plus the redraw spec. Add ?format=csv for CSV | Max |
| GET | /api/v1/charts/1f197f9085dc/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 |
curl -s https://viral-chart.com/api/v1/charts/1f197f9085dc/data \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VIRALCHART_KEY"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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How far did Arena's "AI model cost-performance" chart travel?
2,831 views, 5 likes, 1 reposts and 2 saves on X, read Oct 14, 2026. A normal post from @arena gets about 7.9K views.
What kind of chart is it?
A scatter plot. Max Router improves Pareto frontier across models.
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