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Frontier AI Capability

A capability cluster for frontier AI IQ-equivalent, compute, and autonomous task duration.

Frontier AI IQ-equivalent

Benchmark-based IQ-equivalent trajectory for frontier machine intelligence.

Machine IQ-equivalent
0255075100125150 1900192519501975200020252026 Year IQ-equivalent Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2026, IQ-equivalent 135 Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1900, IQ-equivalent 0Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1910, IQ-equivalent 0Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1920, IQ-equivalent 0Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1930, IQ-equivalent 0Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1936, IQ-equivalent 1Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1938, IQ-equivalent 1Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1940, IQ-equivalent 1Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1945, IQ-equivalent 2Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1950, IQ-equivalent 3Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1956, IQ-equivalent 4Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1958, IQ-equivalent 5Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1965, IQ-equivalent 6Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1969, IQ-equivalent 7Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1974, IQ-equivalent 6Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1979, IQ-equivalent 8Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1980, IQ-equivalent 9Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1986, IQ-equivalent 12Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1990, IQ-equivalent 10Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1995, IQ-equivalent 13Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 1997, IQ-equivalent 15Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2000, IQ-equivalent 18Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2005, IQ-equivalent 22Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2009, IQ-equivalent 25Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2011, IQ-equivalent 28Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2012, IQ-equivalent 32Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2014, IQ-equivalent 35Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2015, IQ-equivalent 38Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2016, IQ-equivalent 40Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2017, IQ-equivalent 42Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2018, IQ-equivalent 40Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2019, IQ-equivalent 42Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2020, IQ-equivalent 48Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2021, IQ-equivalent 52Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2022, IQ-equivalent 55Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2023, IQ-equivalent 72Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2024, IQ-equivalent 92Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2025, IQ-equivalent 125Machine IQ-equivalent: Year 2026, IQ-equivalent 135
Data: computer-iq-timeseries.csv computer-iq-timeseries.xlsx

Peak supercomputer performance

Rmax LINPACK performance in PFLOPS, shown on a log scale.

Rmax PFLOPS
00.010.11101001K10K 200020052010201520202024 Year Rmax PFLOPS Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2024, Rmax PFLOPS 1.7K Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2000, Rmax PFLOPS 0.01Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2001, Rmax PFLOPS 0.01Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2002, Rmax PFLOPS 0.04Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2003, Rmax PFLOPS 0.04Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2004, Rmax PFLOPS 0.07Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2005, Rmax PFLOPS 0.28Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2006, Rmax PFLOPS 0.28Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2007, Rmax PFLOPS 0.48Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2008, Rmax PFLOPS 1Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2009, Rmax PFLOPS 2Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2010, Rmax PFLOPS 3Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2011, Rmax PFLOPS 11Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2012, Rmax PFLOPS 18Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2013, Rmax PFLOPS 34Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2014, Rmax PFLOPS 34Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2015, Rmax PFLOPS 34Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2016, Rmax PFLOPS 93Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2017, Rmax PFLOPS 93Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2018, Rmax PFLOPS 149Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2019, Rmax PFLOPS 149Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2020, Rmax PFLOPS 442Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2021, Rmax PFLOPS 442Rmax PFLOPS: Year 2022, Rmax PFLOPS 1.1KRmax PFLOPS: Year 2023, Rmax PFLOPS 1.2KRmax PFLOPS: Year 2024, Rmax PFLOPS 1.7K

Log scale.

Data: intelligence-rmax.csv intelligence-rmax.xlsx

AI autonomous task-duration milestones

Projected milestone dates by scenario, measured in equivalent human task hours.

HighMidLow
1101001K10K 2025203020352037 Milestone date Task duration hours High: Milestone date 2029.1, Task duration hours 16KMid: Milestone date 2032.2, Task duration hours 16KLow: Milestone date 2037, Task duration hours 16K High: Milestone date 2025, Task duration hours 4High: Milestone date 2025.3, Task duration hours 8High: Milestone date 2025.7, Task duration hours 16High: Milestone date 2026, Task duration hours 32High: Milestone date 2026.4, Task duration hours 80High: Milestone date 2026.8, Task duration hours 160High: Milestone date 2027.1, Task duration hours 320High: Milestone date 2027.4, Task duration hours 640High: Milestone date 2027.8, Task duration hours 1.3KHigh: Milestone date 2028.1, Task duration hours 2.6KHigh: Milestone date 2028.8, Task duration hours 8KHigh: Milestone date 2029.1, Task duration hours 16KMid: Milestone date 2025, Task duration hours 4Mid: Milestone date 2025.6, Task duration hours 8Mid: Milestone date 2026.2, Task duration hours 16Mid: Milestone date 2026.8, Task duration hours 32Mid: Milestone date 2027.6, Task duration hours 80Mid: Milestone date 2028.2, Task duration hours 160Mid: Milestone date 2028.8, Task duration hours 320Mid: Milestone date 2029.3, Task duration hours 640Mid: Milestone date 2029.9, Task duration hours 1.3KMid: Milestone date 2030.5, Task duration hours 2.6KMid: Milestone date 2031.6, Task duration hours 8KMid: Milestone date 2032.2, Task duration hours 16KLow: Milestone date 2025, Task duration hours 4Low: Milestone date 2026, Task duration hours 8Low: Milestone date 2027, Task duration hours 16Low: Milestone date 2028, Task duration hours 32Low: Milestone date 2029.2, Task duration hours 80Low: Milestone date 2030.2, Task duration hours 160Low: Milestone date 2031.2, Task duration hours 320Low: Milestone date 2032.2, Task duration hours 640Low: Milestone date 2033.2, Task duration hours 1.3KLow: Milestone date 2034.2, Task duration hours 2.6KLow: Milestone date 2036, Task duration hours 8KLow: Milestone date 2037, Task duration hours 16K

Log scale.

Data: ai-task-duration-projections.csv

Description

This module isolates the frontier capability evidence from the distribution comparison. It is about the leading edge.

Methodology

Charts combine benchmark-equivalent IQ trajectory, peak supercomputer Rmax, and autonomous task-duration milestone projections.

Data

All chart files for this module are local to this research folder.

Sources

  • AI IQ Benchmark-mapped IQ-equivalent framing.
  • TOP500 Supercomputer Rmax benchmark source.
  • METR long-task horizon work Autonomous task-duration measurement context.
  • OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google DeepMind model reports Frontier model benchmark anchors.

Limitations

Benchmarks do not measure wisdom, consciousness, virtue, or accountability. Task-duration projections are scenario models.