Provider 2 · budget tier · low effort · October 2026 (demo)

Demo data · not real results

Model E · low effort

Navigator Index49.795% CI 43.9–55.1
Rank10–14Ranks 10–14: we can't statistically separate it from the models in that range. Of 14.▼1+2.5
Cost / successful task$0.0107th cheapest of 14 priced models
Median latency2.3 sPass rate 18% · every time 8%

01Categories

Where it is strong, and where it is not

CodingData analysisExtractionReasoningResearch & agenticSummarizationSupportWriting255075100
Category · weightModel E
Coding 15%43.326.6–62.0 · 5 tasks
Data analysis 15%52.532.0–71.1 · 5 tasks
Extraction 10%70.855.9–87.6 · 5 tasks
Reasoning 15%44.227.4–60.9 · 5 tasks
Research & agentic 15%For now these are single-call multi-step tasks: one model call returns plan → steps → deliverable, checked step by step. Tool-using, browsing and long agentic tasks are deferred.55.852.1–59.6 · 5 tasks
Summarization 10%36.723.6–49.7 · 5 tasks
Support 10%35.827.4–47.0 · 5 tasks
Writing 10%60.052.5–69.3 · 5 tasks
Run receipts120 demo runs · no receipts

02Cost

What a working answer costs

$0.010per successful task
$10.38per 1,000 successes
$1,038per 100,000 successes
18%runs that pass
120runs measured
0 of 13models it dominates

Cost per successful task divides everything measured on candidate calls by the tasks that passed, so failed runs are priced in. Judge cost is excluded. Definition

Dominates

No model: none is both significantly worse on the Index and dearer per successful task.

    Dominated by

    Each of these is significantly better on the Index and cheaper:

    03Trend

    Across published cycles

    Navigator Index — higher is better · shaded: 95% interval
    Published cycle
    Navigator Bench · Index v2.0 · data through 14 Oct 2026Demo data

    04Receipts

    Every run, on the record

    Demo data · not real results This is demo data: these runs do not exist, so there are no receipts. On a published cycle this lists every run with its prompt, output, checks and measured cost.

    Navigator Bench · Index v2.0 · data through 14 Oct 2026Methodology