AutomationBench: Per-Task Model Costs Span an Order of Magnitude
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-07-07
The cost per task among models varies by over an order of magnitude: DeepSeek V4, Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite, and Qwen3.7 Plus cost less than 5 cents, while Claude Opus 4.8(max) approaches $1.50. However, the leaders aren't always the most expensive: Gemini 3.5 Flash secured third place with a 42.6% score at just $0.49 per task.
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