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Opus costs $1.34 per task at its medium effort setting. Soul at XI effort also scores 51 at 39 cents per task.", "video_fmt": "claude-opus-5.5@medium vs gpt-6.1-sol@xhigh", "ours_fmt": "claude-opus-5.5@medium vs gpt-6.1-sol@medium" }, { "id": "cpt_ratio_matched", "label": "Cost-per-task ratio at matched score", "video": 3.4, "ours": 6.819977740678909, "unit": "x", "status": "different", "why": "usd_per_task [1.336, 0.3929] \u2192 [2.4511, 0.3594]; Artificial Analysis re-indexed (Intelligence Index v4.3.2 \u2192 Intelligence Index v5.0.1)", "quote": "for the same quality output, Opus costs 3.4 times more per task", "video_fmt": "3.40\u00d7", "ours_fmt": "6.82\u00d7" }, { "id": "tasks_ultra_matched", "label": "Max 20x tasks a month (Opus medium)", "video": 8750, "ours": 4783.811105218066, "unit": "tasks", "status": "different", "why": "usd_per_task 1.336 \u2192 2.451; Artificial Analysis re-indexed (Intelligence Index v4.3.2 \u2192 Intelligence Index v5.0.1)", "quote": "Claude's $11,726 at $1.34 a task is about 8,750 tasks a month", "video_fmt": "8,750", "ours_fmt": "4,784" }, { "id": "tasks_pro200_matched", "label": "Pro 200 tasks a month (Sol xhigh)", "video": 5340, "ours": 5816.611018363939, "unit": "tasks", "status": "different", "why": "usd_per_task 0.3929 \u2192 0.3594; 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Artificial Analysis re-indexed (Intelligence Index v4.3.2 \u2192 Intelligence Index v5.0.1)", "quote": "Claude's budget at the max price is about 1,960 tasks a month", "video_fmt": "1,960", "ours_fmt": "1,168" }, { "id": "tasks_pro200_max", "label": "Pro 200 tasks a month at max effort", "video": 2890, "ours": 1643.3377879097554, "unit": "tasks", "status": "different", "why": "usd_per_task 0.7242 \u2192 1.272; Artificial Analysis re-indexed (Intelligence Index v4.3.2 \u2192 Intelligence Index v5.0.1)", "quote": "while ChatGPT's is about 2,890", "video_fmt": "2,890", "ours_fmt": "1,643" }, { "id": "max_effort_flips", "label": "At max effort ChatGPT does more tasks", "video": true, "ours": true, "unit": "bool", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "So, the count flips.", "video_fmt": "yes", "ours_fmt": "yes" }, { "id": "api_usd_ultra_fable", "label": "Max 20x Fable 5.1 API value", "video": 2485, "ours": null, "unit": "usd", "status": "n/a", "why": "Fable 5.1 left the Claude plans on 2026-11-09 (replaced by Fable 5.2) and is not in this Artificial Analysis index; no meter reading for Fable 5.2 has been published, so the flagship comparison waits for one.", "quote": "the Claude plan limits Fable to about $2,485 of use per month", "video_fmt": "$2,485", "ours_fmt": "\u2013" }, { "id": "api_usd_pro200_astra", "label": "Pro 200 Astra API value", "video": 2897, "ours": 2864.725, "unit": "usd", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "while the ChatGPT plan runs Astra for about $2,897", "video_fmt": "$2,897", "ours_fmt": "$2,865" }, { "id": "flagship_pair", "label": "Flagship matched pair", "video": "claude-fable-5.1@xhigh vs gpt-6-astra@max", "ours": null, "unit": "text", "status": "n/a", "why": "Fable 5.1 left the Claude plans on 2026-11-09 (replaced by Fable 5.2) and is not in this Artificial Analysis index; no meter reading for Fable 5.2 has been published, so the flagship comparison waits for one.", "quote": "at a matched benchmark score of 53, Fable at XY costs $5.98 per task, while Astra at max costs $3.26", "video_fmt": "claude-fable-5.1@xhigh vs gpt-6-astra@max", "ours_fmt": "\u2013" }, { "id": "tasks_ultra_fable", "label": "Max 20x Fable tasks a month", "video": 416, "ours": null, "unit": "tasks", "status": "n/a", "why": "Fable 5.1 left the Claude plans on 2026-11-09 (replaced by Fable 5.2) and is not in this Artificial Analysis index; no meter reading for Fable 5.2 has been published, so the flagship comparison waits for one.", "quote": "roughly 416 Fable tasks a month on the Claude plan", "video_fmt": "416", "ours_fmt": "\u2013" }, { "id": "tasks_pro200_astra", "label": "Pro 200 Astra tasks a month", "video": 889, "ours": null, "unit": "tasks", "status": "n/a", "why": "Fable 5.1 left the Claude plans on 2026-11-09 (replaced by Fable 5.2) and is not in this Artificial Analysis index; no meter reading for Fable 5.2 has been published, so the flagship comparison waits for one.", "quote": "against 889 Astra tasks on the ChatGPT plan", "video_fmt": "889", "ours_fmt": "\u2013" }, { "id": "astra_half_hedge", "label": "Astra tasks if $2,897 were the old allowance", "video": 444, "ours": null, "unit": "tasks", "status": "n/a", "why": "Fable 5.1 left the Claude plans on 2026-11-09 (replaced by Fable 5.2) and is not in this Artificial Analysis index; no meter reading for Fable 5.2 has been published, so the flagship comparison waits for one.", "quote": "if it's the old allowance, we have it and land at about 444 Astra tasks", "video_fmt": "444", "ours_fmt": "\u2013" }, { "id": "pro500_astra_gain", "label": "Pro 500 Astra vs old Pro 200", "video": 1.21, "ours": 1.2105263157894737, "unit": "x", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "SemiAnalysis found it holds only 21% more Astra than the old $200 plan", "video_fmt": "1.21\u00d7", "ours_fmt": "1.21\u00d7" }, { "id": "ultrafast_burn", "label": "Ultrafast burn rate", "video": 8, "ours": 8.0, "unit": "x", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "ultra fast mode, burns the allowance eight times faster", "video_fmt": "8.00\u00d7", "ours_fmt": "8.00\u00d7" }, { "id": "argon_score", "label": "Gemini 4 Argon index score", "video": 53, "ours": 50.412, "unit": "score", "status": "different", "why": "Artificial Analysis re-indexed (Intelligence Index v4.3.2 \u2192 Intelligence Index v5.0.1)", "quote": "Argon looks compelling, scoring 53 on Artificial Analysis's benchmarks", "video_fmt": "53.0", "ours_fmt": "50.4" }, { "id": "argon_cpt", "label": "Gemini 4 Argon cost per task", "video": 1.99, "ours": 9.9466, "unit": "usd", "status": "different", "why": "Artificial Analysis re-indexed (Intelligence Index v4.3.2 \u2192 Intelligence Index v5.0.1)", "quote": "at $1.99 per task", "video_fmt": "$1.99", "ours_fmt": "$9.95" }, { "id": "argon_price_doubles", "label": "Argon API price doubles on Dec 1", "video": true, "ours": true, "unit": "bool", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "that's a launch price, and it doubles on December 1st", "video_fmt": "yes", "ours_fmt": "yes" }, { "id": "google_unmeasured", "label": "Google AI Ultra has no published meter reading", "video": true, "ours": true, "unit": "bool", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "Nobody has measured it.", "video_fmt": "yes", "ours_fmt": "yes" }, { "id": "chat_mix_ultra", "label": "Max 20x Opus API value, chat mix", "video": 9200, "ours": 9203.18916068832, "unit": "usd", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "On a more chat-heavy mix, SemiAnalysis estimates Max at closer to $9,200", "video_fmt": "$9,200", "ours_fmt": "$9,203" }, { "id": "ab_test_value", "label": "Max 20x API value on the A/B-test variant", "video": 9385, "ours": 9380.479519999999, "unit": "usd", "status": "same", "why": "", "quote": "some accounts were getting $9,385 of value, and others were getting $11,726", "video_fmt": "$9,385", "ours_fmt": "$9,380" }, { "id": "tasks_max5x_medium", "label": "Max 5x tasks a month (Opus medium)", "video": 4270, "ours": 2341.2345477540694, "unit": "tasks", "status": "different", "why": "usd_per_task 1.336 \u2192 2.451; Artificial Analysis re-indexed (Intelligence Index v4.3.2 \u2192 Intelligence Index v5.0.1)", "quote": "Claude Max 5X ... holds about 5,725 of Opus value a month, which at medium effort is roughly 4,270 tasks", "video_fmt": "4,270", "ours_fmt": "2,341" }, { "id": "june_reversal", "label": "June: ChatGPT Pro ~$14,000 vs Claude Max 20x ~$8,000", "video": "not recomputed", "ours": null, "unit": "history", "status": "n/a", "why": "Not recomputed: needs SemiAnalysis' June readings and June models, which this run does not fetch.", "quote": "In June ... ChatGPT Pro plan was worth about $14,000 a month in API value against about $8,000 for Claude Max 20X", "video_fmt": "not recomputed", "ours_fmt": "\u2013" }, { "id": "opus_max_burn_11x", "label": "Opus max burns the weekly allowance ~11x faster than medium", "video": 11, "ours": null, "unit": "x", "status": "n/a", "why": "Not reproducible: Artificial Analysis publishes cost per task, not tokens per task, and cost per task gives 4.5x, not 11x.", "quote": "we're burning through the weekly allowance at nearly 11x the rate of its default setting", "video_fmt": "11.00\u00d7", "ours_fmt": "\u2013" } ], "counts": { "same": 27, "different": 14, "n/a": 7 }, "tolerance_note": "'about' figures are compared within 2% (SemiAnalysis prints token totals to 0.1B, so a 1.0B plan can be off by up to 5% before any rounding by the video). Ratios are compared at the video's one decimal. Yes/no claims must match exactly." } }