AI Models on the IQ Bell Curve
Each model's estimated IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distribution
AI Models on the IQ Bell Curve
AI Models on the IQ Bell Curve
Each model's estimated IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distribution
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Models are placed on a standard IQ-style distribution using IQ. Higher scores appear farther to the right.
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ARC PrizeEpoch AI FrontierMathVals.aiArtificial AnalysisMathArenaArena.ai WebDevDesignArena FrontendDesignArena Full StackVals.ai Vibe Code BenchVals.ai Vibe Code Bench v1.1LLM StatsScale LabsScale Labs SWE-Bench Pro Public DatasetDeepSWE v1.1DeepSWESWE MarathonMercor APEX-SWECognition FrontierCodeSWE-rebenchArtificial Analysis Terminal-Bench v2.1Vals.ai Terminal-Bench 2.1OSWorldanthropic-system-cardToolathlonScale LabsAgents' Last ExamBullshitBench v2Kaggle FACTS Grounding leaderboard
IQ vs Effective Cost
IQ vs Effective Cost
Each model's estimated IQ plotted against effective cost per 1M I/O Tokens (sticker price × measured or imputed usage multiplier).
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Each point is a public model. The chart compares IQ against Effective Cost (per 1M I/O Tokens), with color showing the model provider.
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IQ DimensionsAbstract Reasoning IQEach model's Abstract Reasoning IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distributionData: ARC PrizeOpen chartIQ DimensionsMathematical Reasoning IQEach model's Mathematical Reasoning IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distributionData: Epoch AI FrontierMath, Vals.ai, Artificial Analysis +1 moreOpen chartIQ DimensionsScientific Reasoning IQEach model's Scientific Reasoning IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distributionData: Artificial AnalysisOpen chartIQ DimensionsFrontend Engineering IQEach model's Frontend Engineering IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distributionData: Arena.ai WebDev, DesignArena Frontend, DesignArena Full Stack +2 moreOpen chartIQ DimensionsBackend Engineering IQEach model's Backend Engineering IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distributionData: Vals.ai, Cognition FrontierCode, Mercor APEX-SWE +7 moreOpen chartIQ DimensionsComputer Use IQEach model's Computer Use IQ plotted on a standard normal IQ distributionData: Artificial Analysis Terminal-Bench v2.1, Vals.ai Terminal-Bench 2.1, Artificial Analysis +6 moreOpen chart