Price War in the Chip Aisle

AI economics

Five frontier models now sit within five points of each other in terms of intelligence, but their cost per unit differs by 3.8x.

The AI grocery store aisle: a grouped bar chart of weighted average cost per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task for five frontier models, grouped by index score; the three models tied at 53 points span $1.99 to $7.63

Google’s Argon prices at the bottom of the cluster at $1.99 a task1, 74% below the most expensive model, Fable 5.1. It is also 67% below Opus 5.5, 56% below Muse Wonder & 39% below Astra.

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