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Intelligence & cost · updated Oct 2, 2026

Intelligence 155: GPT-5.2 Pro-class AI

Intelligence 155 first arrived in Dec 2025 with GPT-5.2 Pro (OpenAI), at $57.75 per million tokens. Today 28 models from 9 labs reach it, 3 of them open-weight. The cheapest, GPT-5.6 Luna, costs $0.45: 130× cheaper.

First reached

Dec 2025

GPT-5.2 Pro, OpenAI · launch price $57.75

Available today

28 models

from 9 labs · 3 open-weight · 29 have ever reached it

Cheapest today

$0.45

GPT-5.6 Luna · 130× cheaper than at debut

Open-weight lag

7.1 months

Kimi K3 (Moonshot) was the first downloadable model here

ModelLabWeightsECICheapest $ / M tokensVia
GPT-5.6 Luna2026-07OpenAI · USclosed156.4$0.45Microsoft Azure
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash2026-09DeepSeek · Chinaopen155.0$0.53Microsoft Azure
Gemini 3.7 Flash2026-08Google DeepMind · USclosed157.4$1.50DeepInfra
Gemini 3.8 Flash2026-09Google DeepMind · USclosed156.9$1.50Google Vertex AI
DeepSeek V4 Pro 08132026-08DeepSeek · Chinaopen155.4$1.63DeepInfra
GLM-5.32026-08Z.ai (Zhipu AI) · Chinaclosed155.8$1.94FriendliAI
Muse Spark 1.32026-09Meta AI · USclosed156.9$2Meta
Grok 4.62026-08xAI · USclosed156.6$2.44Microsoft Azure
Qwen3.8 Max (0902)2026-09Alibaba · Chinaclosed155.2$2.48DeepInfra
Claude Sonnet 52026-06Anthropic · USclosed156.3$4AWS Bedrock
Claude Sonnet 5.52026-09Anthropic · USclosed165.2$4AWS Bedrock
GPT-5.6 Terra2026-07OpenAI · USclosed159.8$4.50Microsoft Azure
GPT-5.3 Codex2026-02OpenAI · USclosed156.8$4.81Microsoft Azure
GPT-5.42026-03OpenAI · USclosed156.9$5.63Microsoft Azure
Kimi K32026-07Moonshot · Chinaopen157.6$5.70DeepInfra
GPT-5.6 Sol2026-07OpenAI · USclosed161.8$8Microsoft Azure
Claude Opus 5.52026-09Anthropic · USclosed167.3$8AWS Bedrock
Claude Opus 4.62026-02Anthropic · USclosed155.3$10AWS Bedrock
Claude Opus 4.72026-04Anthropic · USclosed156.3$10AWS Bedrock
Claude Opus 4.82026-05Anthropic · USclosed158.3$10AWS Bedrock
Claude Opus 52026-07Anthropic · USclosed162.9$10AWS Bedrock
GPT-5.52026-04OpenAI · USclosed159.2$11.25Microsoft Azure
Claude Fable 52026-06Anthropic · USclosed162.2$20AWS Bedrock
Claude Fable 5.12026-09Anthropic · USclosed164.8$20AWS Bedrock
GPT-6 Astra2026-09OpenAI · USclosed166.5$20Microsoft Azure
GPT-5.2 Pro2025-12OpenAI · USclosed155.4$57.75Microsoft Azure
GPT-5.4 Pro2026-03OpenAI · USclosed159.1$67.50Microsoft Azure
GPT-5.5 Pro2026-04OpenAI · USclosed162.4$67.50Microsoft Azure

Source: A model reaches level 155 when its Epoch Capabilities Index estimate is at or above it. Prices are list prices per million tokens, blended 3:1 input to output. · Epoch Capabilities Index · LiteLLM price map · Launch price source