
The world’s best value AI model is neither open source nor Chinese. It’s GPT 5.6-Luna on Max Effort—the cheapest per point of intelligence. There’s a lot of talk about cheap Chinese and open-source models, but almost no one talks about this. Luna on Max delivers 52 intelligence points at $0.05 per task. Slightly lower in intelligence than some, but so affordable it wins. This says a lot about what OpenAI has been doing. With 5.6-Sol on Ultra, you can stay there all day and get tons done. Fable 5 above High quickly exhausts its limits. Fable 5 Max: 62 intelligence points, $3.14 per task 5.6-Sol Max: 61 intelligence points, $1.01 per task Who would’ve thought, huh? Full chart:









