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Intelligence vs. cost per task

Up and to the left wins: smarter for less.

Intelligence vs. cost per task. 13 models plotted by Cost per task (USD, log scale) and VLM Intelligence Index. Highest VLM Intelligence Index: Claude Opus 4.6 at 86. Toggle the data table for exact values.Most attractiveQwen3.6 27BGemma 4 31BQwen3.6 35B A3BGemini 3 FlashGPT-5.4 nanoGPT-5.4 miniClaude Opus 4.6$0.02$0.05$0.10$0.20$0.50$1.00$2.00$5.00Cost per task (USD, log scale)020406080100VLM Intelligence Index
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1View Gemma 4 26B A4B
Gemma 4 26B A4BGoogle
69
$0.08$0.24$0.12$0.01
2View Holo3 35B A3B
Holo3 35B A3BH Company
74
$0.08$0.24$0.12$0.01
3View Qwen3.6 27B
Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba (Qwen)
77
$0.16$0.48$0.24$0.03
4View Gemma 4 31B
Gemma 4 31BGoogle
73
$0.18$0.54$0.27$0.03
5View Qwen3.6 35B A3B
Qwen3.6 35B A3BAlibaba (Qwen)
81
$0.08$0.24$0.12$0.08
6View Claude Haiku 4.5
Claude Haiku 4.5Anthropic
74
$2.48$9.92$4.34$0.52
7View Gemini 3 Flash
Gemini 3 FlashGoogle
75
$2.58$10.32$4.52$0.54
8View GPT-5.4 nano
GPT-5.4 nanoOpenAI
64
$1.83$7.32$3.20$2.36
9View GPT-5.4 mini
GPT-5.4 miniOpenAI
76
$2.73$10.92$4.78$3.52
10View Gemini 3.1 Pro
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle
83
$3.33$13.32$5.83$4.30
11View Claude Sonnet 4.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6Anthropic
83
$3.61$14.44$6.32$4.66
12View GPT-5.4
GPT-5.4OpenAI
85
$3.82$15.28$6.68$4.93
13View Claude Opus 4.6
Claude Opus 4.6Anthropic
86
$3.96$15.84$6.93$5.11