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Show HN: Wage Against the Machine – MacWages Index for AI Tasks

A new interactive tool, Wage Against the Machine, ranks AI task purchasing power by country, showing that one hour of work in India ($2.20/hr) buys 91 tasks with Luna Max, while in Switzerland ($55.60/hr) it buys 5 tasks. The tool, featured on Hacker News, compares 16 AI models across 10 countries using benchmarks like Artificial Analysis, DeepSWE v1.1, CursorBench 3.2, and FrontierCode 1.1.

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Show HN: Wage Against the Machine – MacWages Index for AI Tasks
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WAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE AI task purchasing power by country Share to X ↗ In , one hour of work buys Claude Opus 5 · max tasks. Benchmark Artificial Analysis DeepSWE v1.1 CursorBench 3.2 FrontierCode 1.1 Models Opus 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 Opus 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 0.0 25 49 74 98 TASKS / 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/hr 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 Opus 5 Max 0 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 Sol Max 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 Fable 5 Max 1 1 2 5 7 7 7 8 9 14 Terra Max 0 1 1 5 6 6 6 7 8 12 Kimi K3 Max 4 7 10 36 44 46 48 53 58 91 Luna Max 0 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 5 8 GPT-5.5 Xhigh 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 Opus 4.8 Max 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Sonnet 5 Max 1 2 3 9 11 12 12 13 15 23 Grok 4.5 High 1 2 3 9 11 12 12 14 15 24 Muse Spark 1 1 2 6 8 8 8 9 10 16 Gemini 3.6 High 1 1 2 6 7 7 8 8 9 14 GLM-5.2 Max 1 2 2 8 10 10 10 11 12 20 Kimi K2.7 Code 0 1 1 4 5 5 5 6 6 10 Sonnet 4.6 High 0 0 1 2 3 3 3 3 4 6 Gemini 3.1 Pro
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