Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for Flagship LLMs is answering right now. Last checked 9 min ago. It exposes 3 tools.
Qwen3.8-Max rates within 30 Arena points of Claude Opus 5.5 for 3.3× less per output token..
Every tool that appeared, vanished or quietly changed what it asks for. Recorded since 21 October 2026. No other catalogue keeps this.
Today is the operative word: we check Mode VC Chart: AI Inference Cost: Output Token Pricing for Flagship LLMs every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 9 min ago.
claude mcp add chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison --transport http https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison
https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison
[mcp_servers.chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison]
url = "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
{
"mcpServers": {
"chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison": {
"url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
}
}
}
{
"servers": {
"chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison"
}
}
}
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| URL | Transport | State | Latency | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| https://modevc.com/api/mcp/chart-ai-inference-cost-comparison | streamable-http | answering | 252 ms | 9 min ago |
OpenAI's headline model fell from $30 to $2 per million input tokens since Jun 2023: 93% in.
qwen3.8-max trails claude-fable-5.1-max by 27 points. Over the past year the gap has stayed.
14 models are statistically tied for #1 in Arena math, spanning 49 points. 4 are Flash models.
claude-opus-4-6-high leads Arena coding at 1535. Anthropic has held #1 for 280 days, but Z.ai.
Arena rates 399 text models from 52 labs, up from 10 models in May 2023. Yet only 5 labs hold.
Google leads the Arena again; Anthropic trails by 22 points and OpenAI by 62. Query full.
23.8% of US firms used AI in the latest two-week survey, up from 17.3% 10 months earlier..
On 11 Sept 2026, Claude's best model rates 40 points above OpenAI's and 16 above Gemini's..
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