LLM Intelligence vs Cost

Top 50 models by Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (v4.1), plotted against the cost to complete one intelligence-index task. Data pulled 2026-08-22 from artificialanalysis.ai. This is a snapshot, not a live benchmark.

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X axis is log-scaled cost per task (USD). Hover a point for details; click to highlight the row in the table. Models without published cost-per-task data are listed in the table but not plotted.

Methodology. Intelligence Index v4.1 and cost-per-task figures are published by Artificial Analysis and reproduced here with attribution. Cost per task is the USD price to complete their standard intelligence-index task set at a 3:1 input-output ratio. Where Artificial Analysis has not published a cost (4 of the top 50), the model appears in the table only. Scores from different index versions are not comparable; this snapshot uses one version throughout.