GPT-6 Astra (Max) vs Beam 1.0

Which is better for the money: GPT-6 Astra (Max) by OpenAI or Beam 1.0 by Reflection? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.

Trade-off

OpenAIGPT-6 Astra (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 52.70
Total cost: $5324

ReflectionBeam 1.0Off the frontier

Intelligence: 30.30
Total cost: $319

Verdict

Depends on your budget

GPT-6 Astra (Max) scores 22.4 points higher (52.7 vs 30.3) but costs 17× as much to run the benchmark ($5324 vs $319; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick GPT-6 Astra (Max) when you need intelligence above 30.3, and Beam 1.0 when 30.3 is enough.

Metric	GPT-6 Astra (Max)	Beam 1.0	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	52.7	30.3	−42.5% Beam 1.0 is 42.5% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$5,324.10	$318.73	−94.0% Beam 1.0 is 94.0% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	275.53s	8.02s	−97.1% Beam 1.0 is 97.1% faster
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$10.0 / $50.0	$0.40 / $1.20
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text

Beam 1.0 vs GPT-6 Astra (Max): 42.5% less intelligence, 94.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 97.1% faster end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

GPT-6 Astra (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
Beam 1.0 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.

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