Benchmark Almanac

Clipping Bench

GPT-6 Astra $9,514 leads since October 2026
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Agents run a simulated clip farm for about a month. They join pay-per-view campaigns, cut clips from licensed streams, post them and compete with rival clippers for budgets.

Scored by cash at the end of the simulated season. 19 models in the Fireworks index.

Made by
Naïve
Released
October 2026
Kind
Simulated companies
Level
Expert
Scored
Settled by events
Answers
Agent task
Tasks
Kept private
Strongest model tested
GPT-6 Astra #3 on the capability index
Last model added
September 2026
Scores refreshed
November 12th, 2026
19
Models scored on its own leaderboard

GPT-6 Astra leads with $9,514 among models released by September 2026

Best score per model from the benchmark's own leaderboard, read on November 12th, 2026. Where a model ran with several settings or harnesses, we keep its best. Every run is in the next chart.

The newest model with a score here came out in September 2026, and nobody has tested a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

19 models. Scroll sideways for the rest.

  1. $9,514 GPT-6 Astra
  2. $5,707 GPT-6.1 Sol
  3. $2,018 Claude Opus 5.5
  4. $1,240 GPT-6 Sol
  5. $1,068 Claude Fable 5.1
  6. $886 Claude Sonnet 5.5
  7. $805 Grok 4.6
  8. $734 Claude Opus 5
  9. $644 GLM-5.3
  10. $596 Gemini 3.8 Flash
  11. $462 DeepSeek-V4-Pro
  12. $458 Qwen 3.6 Plus
  13. $399 GLM-5.3-Flash
  14. $384 Grok 4.7
  15. $374 GPT-6 Luna
  16. $343 Kimi K3
  17. $320 DeepSeek-V4-Flash
  18. $223 MiniMax-M3
  19. $218 Gemini 3.5 Flash
  1. 1 GPT-6 Astra $9,514
  2. 2 GPT-6.1 Sol $5,707
  3. 3 Claude Opus 5.5 $2,018
  4. 4 GPT-6 Sol $1,240
  5. 5 Claude Fable 5.1 $1,068
  6. 6 Claude Sonnet 5.5 $886
  7. 7 Grok 4.6 $805
  8. 8 Claude Opus 5 $734
  9. 9 GLM-5.3 $644
  10. 10 Gemini 3.8 Flash $596
  11. 11 DeepSeek-V4-Pro $462
  12. 12 Qwen 3.6 Plus $458
  13. 13 GLM-5.3-Flash $399
  14. 14 Grok 4.7 $384
  15. 15 GPT-6 Luna $374
  16. 16 Kimi K3 $343
  17. 17 DeepSeek-V4-Flash $320
  18. 18 MiniMax-M3 $223
  19. 19 Gemini 3.5 Flash $218

Source: Official Clipping Bench leaderboard

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 GPT-6 Astra $9,514 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
2 GPT-6.1 Sol $5,707 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
3 Claude Opus 5.5 $2,018 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
4 GPT-6 Sol $1,240 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
5 Claude Fable 5.1 $1,068 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
6 Claude Sonnet 5.5 $886 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
7 Grok 4.6 $805 Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
8 Claude Opus 5 $734 Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
9 GLM-5.3 $644 Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
10 Gemini 3.8 Flash $596 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
11 DeepSeek-V4-Pro $462 Apr 2026 Official leaderboard
12 Qwen 3.6 Plus $458 Mar 2026 Official leaderboard
13 GLM-5.3-Flash $399 Aug 2026 Official leaderboard
14 Grok 4.7 $384 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
15 GPT-6 Luna $374 Sep 2026 Official leaderboard
16 Kimi K3 $343 Jul 2026 Official leaderboard
17 DeepSeek-V4-Flash $320 Apr 2026 Official leaderboard
18 MiniMax-M3 $223 Jun 2026 Official leaderboard
19 Gemini 3.5 Flash $218 May 2026 Official leaderboard

The best score, $9,514, costs $64 for the full run

Runs on the cost frontier score higher than any run that's cheaper. The costs are the leaderboard's own estimates, so compare them only within this benchmark.

Z.ai Google DeepMind OpenAI Anthropic Cost frontier One model at each effort level
$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $0.10 $1.00 $10 $100 Cost of the full run, log scale GPT-6 Astra GPT-6.1 Sol Claude Sonnet 5.5 Gemini 3.8 Flash GPT-6 Luna $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 $0.10 $1.00 $10 $100 Cost of the full run, log scale GPT-6 Astra GPT-6.1 Sol

Source: Official Clipping Bench leaderboard

ModelEffortHarnessScoreCost of the full runOutput tokens
GPT-6 Astra $9,514 $64
GPT-6.1 Sol $5,707 $12
Claude Opus 5.5 $2,018 $22
GPT-6 Sol $1,240 $14
Claude Fable 5.1 $1,068 $63
Claude Sonnet 5.5 $886 $11
Grok 4.6 $805 $28
Claude Opus 5 $734 $52
GLM-5.3 $644 $15
Gemini 3.8 Flash $596 $3.86
DeepSeek-V4-Pro $462 $9.13
Qwen 3.6 Plus $458 $7.59
GLM-5.3-Flash $399 $2.09
Grok 4.7 $384 $24
GPT-6 Luna $374 $0.53
Kimi K3 $343 $26
DeepSeek-V4-Flash $320 $1.66
MiniMax-M3 $223 $2.61
Gemini 3.5 Flash $218 $8.09

Number one over time

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.

OpenAI
Own leaderboard 1 leader
GPT-6 Astra $9,514

Source: Official Clipping Bench leaderboard

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

On the benchmark’s own leaderboard
$0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 2026 $0 $2,000 $4,000 $6,000 $8,000 $10,000 2026

Source: Official Clipping Bench leaderboard

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