# Bad Influence story: Artificial Analysis finds tool use raises scores and costs unevenly across AI models

Active · 2 articles · 1 source · First reported 11-11 18:46. Times are ET.
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Latest update (11-11 18:46): Artificial Analysis finds tools raise task costs unevenly across AI models

Overview: Artificial Analysis reports that tool use helps models with the lowest scores without tools the most. The ten models scoring below 31% without tools average about 42 tool calls per task, versus about 23 for the seven above average. MiMo-V2.6-Pro rises from 5% to 43% with about 49 tool calls per task, and Gemini 3.8 Flash (high) rises from 16% to 41% with about 68.

The same analysis finds tools raise cost per task for every model, by very different amounts. Fable costs $4.20 per task with tools versus $0.73 without, a 5.8× difference, while Qwen3.8 Max (0902, xhigh) shows the largest multiple at 28×. Artificial Analysis reports Haiku with tools scores 49% at $0.07 per task, versus Opus without tools at 34% and $0.33.

Coverage timeline (newest first):
1. 11-11 18:46 · Artificial Analysis · [Artificial Analysis finds tools raise task costs unevenly across AI models](https://badinfluence.news/items/ljcr83xvapf2yhp34ty5m3z4z)
2. 11-11 18:46 · Artificial Analysis · [Models that score lowest without tools gain the most from them](https://badinfluence.news/items/jc7oh1m5mixtxxzi9y1sgbj22)
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