# GitHub's Copilot Fusion Max nears Claude Code's coding score at half the cost

> Original title: Frontier performance at a fraction of the cost.

- Source: GitHub
- Published: 2026-10-28T16:25:59.000Z
- Bad Influence: https://badinfluence.news/items/c03o9avqtkwzf7pt1u216m80m
- Original: https://x.com/github/status/2115480207469560109

## Summary

In the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, GitHub says Copilot Fusion Max scored within two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max at about half the API cost per task. GitHub is offering 30% off Copilot Fusion through November 30.

## Post

Frontier performance at a fraction of the cost. 

In the @ArtificialAnlys Coding Agent Index, Copilot Fusion Max scored within two points of Claude Code with Opus 5.5 Max at about half the API cost per task.

Get 30% off through Nov. 30. Try it now. ⬇️  https://docs.github.com/copilot/concepts/models/copilot-fusion?utm_source=universe-2026-x&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=universe-2026

![Chart titled "Coding Agent Index vs. Cost per Task" by Artificial Analysis. The chart displays Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index vs. average pay-per-token API cost per task (USD). It compares various agents, including some from Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity CLI, DeepSeek Harness, Grok Build, Opencode, Muse Code, Kimi Code CLI, and GitHub Copilot. The x-axis represents higher cost per task (USD) to lower cost per task (USD), and the y-axis represents  the coding agent index. The chart highlights a "Most Attractive Quadrant" in green and uses dots to differentiate agents. Copilot Fusion (max) sits within the most attractive quadrant.](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FHVuyCO2WIAATDlE.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1793404800&sig=b790d4094a6628a6)

![Bar chart titled "Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index". Incorporates 3 benchmarks: FrontierCode v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0, SWE-Atlas-QnA-AA. A higher scroe denotes higher average intelligence across becnhmarks. Copilot Fusion Max from GitHub Copilot has a score of 60. The chart also includes various coding agents from Claude Code, Devin Fusion CLI, Antigravity CLI, Codex, Grok Build, DeepSeek Harness, Muse Code, Opencode, Antigravity CLI, and Kimi Code CLI, with scores ranging from 62 to 41. Source and logo of Artificial Analysis are included at the bottom.](https://badinfluence.news/api/img-proxy?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpbs.twimg.com%2Fmedia%2FHVuyCZMWMAAFNkI.jpg&mode=thumb&exp=1793404800&sig=98a48c2f87227adb)