Wage Against the Machine — How many AI tasks can an hour of work buy?

In , one hour of work buys Claude Opus 5 · max tasks.

BenchmarkArtificial AnalysisDeepSWE v1.1CursorBench 3.2FrontierCode 1.1

ModelsOpus 5 Max×Sol Max×Fable 5 Max×Terra Max×Kimi K3 Max×Luna Max×GPT-5.5 Xhigh×Opus 4.8 Max×Sonnet 5 Max×Grok 4.5 High×Muse Spark×Gemini 3.6 High×GLM-5.2 Max×Kimi K2.7 Code×Sonnet 4.6 High×Gemini 3.1 Pro×+ Add model

Countries🇺🇸 USA×🇨🇭 Switzerland×🇩🇪 Germany×🇧🇷 Brazil×🇮🇳 India×🇨🇳 China×🇯🇵 Japan×🇨🇦 Canada×🇬🇧 UK×🇸🇪 Sweden×+ Add country

Compare models across countries<br>Opus 5 MaxSol MaxFable 5 MaxTerra MaxKimi K3 MaxLuna MaxGPT-5.5 XhighOpus 4.8 MaxSonnet 5 MaxGrok 4.5 HighMuse SparkGemini 3.6 HighGLM-5.2 MaxKimi K2.7 CodeSonnet 4.6 HighGemini 3.1 Pro<br>0.025497498TASKS / HOUR WORKED🇮🇳 India$2.20/hr🇧🇷 Brazil$4.30/hr🇨🇳 China$6.40/hr🇯🇵 Japan$21.70/hr🇬🇧 UK$26.90/hr🇸🇪 Sweden$28.10/hr🇨🇦 Canada$29.40/hr🇩🇪 Germany$32.40/hr🇺🇸 USA$35.10/hr🇨🇭 Switzerland$55.60/hr00122223335Opus 5 Max0113334447Sol Max0001111123Fable 5 Max11257778914Terra Max01156667812Kimi K3 Max471036444648535891Luna Max0113444458GPT-5.5 Xhigh0002222234Opus 4.8 Max0001111112Sonnet 5 Max1239111212131523Grok 4.5 High1239111212141524Muse Spark112688891016Gemini 3.6 High11267788914GLM-5.2 Max1228101010111220Kimi K2.7 Code01145556610Sonnet 4.6 High0012333346Gemini 3.1 Pro