{"slug": "show-hn-wage-against-the-machine-macwages-index-for-ai-tasks", "title": "Show HN: Wage Against the Machine – MacWages Index for AI Tasks", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "WAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE\nAI task purchasing power by country\nShare to X ↗\nIn\n, one hour of work buys\nClaude Opus 5 · max\ntasks.\nBenchmark\nArtificial Analysis\nDeepSWE v1.1\nCursorBench 3.2\nFrontierCode 1.1\nModels\nOpus 5 Max\n×\nSol Max\n×\nFable 5 Max\n×\nTerra Max\n×\nKimi K3 Max\n×\nLuna Max\n×\nGPT-5.5 Xhigh\n×\nOpus 4.8 Max\n×\nSonnet 5 Max\n×\nGrok 4.5 High\n×\nMuse Spark\n×\nGemini 3.6 High\n×\nGLM-5.2 Max\n×\nKimi K2.7 Code\n×\nSonnet 4.6 High\n×\nGemini 3.1 Pro\n×\n+ Add model\nCountries\n🇺🇸 USA\n×\n🇨🇭 Switzerland\n×\n🇩🇪 Germany\n×\n🇧🇷 Brazil\n×\n🇮🇳 India\n×\n🇨🇳 China\n×\n🇯🇵 Japan\n×\n🇨🇦 Canada\n×\n🇬🇧 UK\n×\n🇸🇪 Sweden\n×\n+ Add country\nCompare models\nacross countries\nOpus 5 Max\nSol Max\nFable 5 Max\nTerra Max\nKimi K3 Max\nLuna Max\nGPT-5.5 Xhigh\nOpus 4.8 Max\nSonnet 5 Max\nGrok 4.5 High\nMuse Spark\nGemini 3.6 High\nGLM-5.2 Max\nKimi K2.7 Code\nSonnet 4.6 High\nGemini 3.1 Pro\n0.0\n25\n49\n74\n98\nTASKS / HOUR WORKED\n🇮🇳 India\n$2.20/hr\n🇧🇷 Brazil\n$4.30/hr\n🇨🇳 China\n$6.40/hr\n🇯🇵 Japan\n$21.70/hr\n🇬🇧 UK\n$26.90/hr\n🇸🇪 Sweden\n$28.10/hr\n🇨🇦 Canada\n$29.40/hr\n🇩🇪 Germany\n$32.40/hr\n🇺🇸 USA\n$35.10/hr\n🇨🇭 Switzerland\n$55.60/hr\n0\n0\n1\n2\n2\n2\n2\n3\n3\n3\n5\nOpus 5 Max\n0\n1\n1\n3\n3\n3\n4\n4\n4\n7\nSol Max\n0\n0\n0\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\n3\nFable 5 Max\n1\n1\n2\n5\n7\n7\n7\n8\n9\n14\nTerra Max\n0\n1\n1\n5\n6\n6\n6\n7\n8\n12\nKimi K3 Max\n4\n7\n10\n36\n44\n46\n48\n53\n58\n91\nLuna Max\n0\n1\n1\n3\n4\n4\n4\n4\n5\n8\nGPT-5.5 Xhigh\n0\n0\n0\n2\n2\n2\n2\n2\n3\n4\nOpus 4.8 Max\n0\n0\n0\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n1\n2\nSonnet 5 Max\n1\n2\n3\n9\n11\n12\n12\n13\n15\n23\nGrok 4.5 High\n1\n2\n3\n9\n11\n12\n12\n14\n15\n24\nMuse Spark\n1\n1\n2\n6\n8\n8\n8\n9\n10\n16\nGemini 3.6 High\n1\n1\n2\n6\n7\n7\n8\n8\n9\n14\nGLM-5.2 Max\n1\n2\n2\n8\n10\n10\n10\n11\n12\n20\nKimi K2.7 Code\n0\n1\n1\n4\n5\n5\n5\n6\n6\n10\nSonnet 4.6 High\n0\n0\n1\n2\n3\n3\n3\n3\n4\n6\nGemini 3.1 Pro", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-wage-against-the-machine-macwages-index-for-ai-tasks", "canonical_source": "https://watm.ddyo.dev/", "published_at": "2026-08-01 22:54:32+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-01 23:22:52.277793+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "ai-tools", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Wage Against the Machine", "Hacker News", "Claude Opus 5", "Luna Max", "India", "Switzerland", "Artificial Analysis", "DeepSWE v1.1"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-wage-against-the-machine-macwages-index-for-ai-tasks", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-wage-against-the-machine-macwages-index-for-ai-tasks.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-wage-against-the-machine-macwages-index-for-ai-tasks.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/show-hn-wage-against-the-machine-macwages-index-for-ai-tasks.jsonld"}}