(stolen from Theo Browne)
Rankings, higher = better. Cost reflects what I actually pay (OpenAI is near-free for me due to a deal), not list price. Intelligence is how hard a problem you can hand the model unsupervised. Taste covers UI/UX, code quality, API design, and copy.
| model | cost | intelligence | taste |
|---|---|---|---|
| gpt-5.5 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| sonnet-5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| opus-4.8 | 4 | 7 | 8 |
| fable-5 | 2 | 9 | 9 |