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AI Coding Plan Intelligence — 2026-06-23

Which AI coding plan is actually worth it?

Honest comparison of 14 plans across 18 providers. Real pricing, honest limits, provenance-tracked data — not marketing copy.

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2026-06-23
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Every figure links to its source. ● Estimated where exact limits are undisclosed.

Model Efficiency Index

Models ranked by Intel · t/s ÷ $/100 tasks — rewards intelligence, throughput, and cost-efficiency simultaneously. · Verified 2026-06-23

#ModelLabIntelt/s$/100TIntel/$100TIntel·t/s/$100TEfficiency
1GPT-OSS 120BUS24344$0.68734.912,017
2Mimo V2.5~CN4082$0.65960.74,978
3DS V4 FlashCN40108$0.87945.54,915
4MiniMax M2.5~CN34209$1.56021.84,555
5Gemma 4 31BUS2935$0.53154.61,911
6Grok 4.3US38135$4.4358.61,157
7DS V4 ProCN4491$3.52512.51,136
8MiMo-V2.5-ProCN4253$2.04620.51,088
9MiniMax-M2.7CN3849$1.99019.1936
10MiniMax-M3CN4457$3.10814.2807
11GPT-5.4 NanoUS38162$9.0214.2682
12GLM-5~CN4077$5.4487.3565
13GLM-5.1CN4090$8.8414.5407
14Haiku 4.5~US2489$5.7304.2373
15Kimi K2.5~CN3855$6.4505.9324
16Kimi K2.6CN4345$12.8113.4151

~ = Tok/Task estimated; cost approximate. US = US lab, CN = Chinese lab. Cost model: 7k fresh + 3k cached input, plus output at Tok/Task rate (OpenRouter pricing).

Cost model — $/Task

$/Task =
  ( 7,000 × OR_In$/1M
  + 3,000 × OR_CH$/1M
  + Tok/Task × OR_Out$/1M
  ) ÷ 1,000,000

Composite score

(Intel × t/s) ÷ $/100T

Rewards models that are smart,
fast, and cheap simultaneously.
Doubling speed doubles the score.

Five-Dimension Model Radar

Top 5 models by Intelligence Score across Intelligence, Coding, Agentic, Speed, and Affordability.

50100IntelligenceCodingAgenticSpeedAffordability
Claude Fable 5
Claude Opus 4.7
Claude Opus 4.8
GPT-5.4
GPT-5.5

Axes explained

Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index — composite benchmark (MMLU, GPQA, MATH, HumanEval). Raw AA 0–100 score.
Coding
AA Coding Index — HumanEval, SWE-bench, coding benchmarks. Raw AA 0–100 score.
Agentic
AA Agentic Index — tool-use, multi-step, and agent benchmark performance. Raw AA 0–100.
Speed
Output tokens/sec (AA median). Percentile-ranked within this set — top = fastest.
Affordability
Inverted price percentile: cheaper = higher. Blended = input × 0.3 + output × 0.7.

Intelligence, Coding, Agentic use raw AA absolute scores. Speed and Affordability are percentile-ranked within this dataset.

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Top Value Coding Plans

Highest quality-adjusted capability per dollar in each price band. · Scores computed 2026-06-23

No low-band pick available yet.
Best mid-tier
#1OpenAIMid
100/100
Value
Price
$20/mo
Intel.
69
Cost/task
Est. tokens/mo
6M
Inferred9 days ago
Caveats
  • Data confidence: inferred — not directly observed from the provider source; figures are proxied or assumed.
Best high-end
#1AnthropicHigh
8/100
Value
Price
$100/mo
Intel.
73.9
Cost/task
Est. tokens/mo
450K
Inferred9 days ago
Caveats
  • Data confidence: inferred — not directly observed from the provider source; figures are proxied or assumed.

Model quality by price tier

The best model each plan unlocks, scored by Intelligence Score (50% agentic, 40% coding, 10% speed), split into budget, standard, and premium tiers.

Budget

≤ $15/mo
  • Copilot Individual72.4
    GPT-5.5 · $8.33/mo
  • Copilot for Xcode Individual72.4
    GPT-5.5 · $8.33/mo
  • Kimi Plus55.4
    Kimi K2.6 · $8/mo

Standard

$16 – $49/mo
  • Copilot Pro+72.4
    GPT-5.5 · $33/mo
  • Cursor Pro72.4
    GPT-5.5 · $16/mo
  • ChatGPT Plus72.4
    GPT-5.5 · $20/mo
  • Claude Pro71.9
    Claude Opus 4.8 · $20/mo
  • Gemini Advanced (Google One AI Premium)68.1
    Gemini 3.5 Flash · $19.99/mo
  • Kimi Pro59.7
    Kimi K2.7 Code · $27/mo

Premium

$50+/mo
  • Claude Max73.9
    Claude Fable 5 · $100/mo
  • Copilot Max72.4
    GPT-5.5 · $100/mo

Intelligence Score is sourced from Artificial Analysis indices (observed). Bars show the highest-quality model a plan offers, not its price-efficiency. See the methodology for the formula.

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