Cost of a hard task
How much does a hard coding task cost?
Contributes to: Can AI do the work?. Signal score: 33 / 100. Relative weight within this question: 1.
Latest value$99
What it measures
- Metric
- AI usage cost per FrontierSWE task for a near-top score
- Solved if
- A hard coding task costs $1 in AI usage
- Signal score
- 33 / 100. About $99 of AI usage per FrontierSWE task for a near-top score, against a goal of $1. How it is scored
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The reading on each date we checked, separate from the historical observations above.
| Date | Value | Year over year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | $99 | — | — |
Source
| Source | Role | Measures | Latest data |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub | Scored measurement | Model scores on coding benchmarks | 2026-04 |