Max Bittker

GPT-6 Astra takes 10 of 16 RuneBench records, at $15 a task

OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra topped RuneBench, the AI-agent RuneScape benchmark, taking 10 of 16 skill records with a 7.26 mean score against 6.28 for xAI's Grok 4.6, at nearly triple Grok's per-task cost: $15.26 versus $5.11.