Speed & Cost · compositeClear lead
Speed & Cost race
Throughput, responsiveness and intelligence per dollar, blended.
- Leader
- 3.5 Flash
- Margin
- 2.1 pts
- 2.7% ahead
- Weeks at #1
- 22
- in a row
- Changes
- 1
- in 2026
Warming up the track…
Oct 19, 20263.5 Flash leads
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Score history
Top 6 today over the leader's frontier · click to jump to a week
#1 frontier3.5 FlashHaiku 5.5gpt-ossGPT-6 LunaV4.1 FlashLlama 4
Reigns at #1
Longest: 2.0 Flash, 67 weeks (from Feb 2025).
Inside this race
What makes up speed & cost
Why this race matters
The best model you cannot afford to run at scale is not the best model for you.
How it is scored
Normalised speed, latency and cost-efficiency.
Unit: indexHigher is betterPhoto finish under 0.6 ptsDominant over 3.5 pts
Data provenance
Independent measurement of intelligence indices, speed, latency and price.
Scores here are illustrative placeholders that mimic real benchmark patterns. Swap in live data through the score provider. Methodology