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IQ vs Cost

Each model's estimated IQ against its effective cost per 1M I/O Tokens (sticker price × measured or imputed usage multiplier).

IQ vs Cost
IQ vs Cost
IQ against effective cost
Controls:
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Effective cost & iso-curves

Effective cost on the X-axis is sticker price for 1M I/O Tokens × measured or imputed usage multiplier. 1M I/O Tokens means 1M input tokens plus 1M output tokens, priced at published positive input/output rates.

Usage multipliers use source-backed token and task-cost data first, then same-lineage predecessors, closest measured peers, and finally a 1× fallback only for models with positive pricing. Zero/free-only rows are not plotted as $0 cost.

Iso-curves trace lines of equal preference for IQ versus cost. The slider weights quality vs cost: center is 1:1, drag toward Cost to make cost matter more, or toward IQ to make quality matter more. Models above and to the right of a curve are strictly better.

CostThe Falling Cost of IntelligenceX = release date. Y = effective cost per 1M I/O Tokens (log). Each step line tracks the cheapest model to date at or above an IQ level; large dots mark the models that set each new price floor, faint dots show every other qualifying model, colored by provider.Data: AI IQ methodologyOpen chartCostEQ vs Effective CostDiagnostic EQ plotted against effective cost per 1M I/O Tokens (sticker price × measured or imputed usage multiplier).Data: Artificial Analysis, ARC Prize, Vals Index v2 Cost per Test +4 moreOpen chartCostAI Models by CostPublished price for 1M I/O Tokens compared with effective cost after applying the measured or imputed task-usage multiplier.Data: Artificial Analysis, ARC Prize, Vals Index v2 Cost per Test +1 moreOpen chartCostTask EfficiencyEach dot shows the inverse of the effective-cost usage multiplier. Higher means less price-adjusted task work: 2× is about half the median task effort. Source-backed multipliers are preferred; lineage, peer, and 1× fallbacks are labeled in tooltips.Data: Artificial Analysis, ARC Prize, Vals Index v2 Cost per Test +1 moreOpen chartCoreIQ vs EQ vs Cost in 3D3D scatter: X = diagnostic EQ, Y = IQ, Z = effective cost (log). Color = provider. Drag to rotate.Data: Artificial Analysis, ARC Prize, Vals Index v2 Cost per Test +1 moreOpen chartCoreIQ Bell CurveEach model's estimated IQ, placed on a standard normal IQ distribution.Data: ARC Prize, Epoch AI, Epoch AI +26 moreOpen chart