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Comparison · 2 models · Updated Nov 2, 2026

Muse Wonder vs Claude Sonnet 5.5

Claude Sonnet 5.5 comes out ahead, 72 to 68 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.

  1. Meta

    Muse Wonder

    Released Oct 12, 2026

    68/100
    • ECI161.7
    • Price$4.00 / $20.00
    • Context1.05M
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  2. Our pick

    Anthropic

    Claude Sonnet 5.5

    Released Sep 28, 2026

    72/100
    • ECI166.7
    • Price$2.00 / $10.00
    • Context1M
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01 — Verdict

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is our pick

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Muse Wonder (68). It leads on capability and price. Muse Wonder wins on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityClaude Sonnet 5.5Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Sonnet 5.5 166.7 · Muse Wonder 161.7
  • Lowest priceClaude Sonnet 5.5Claude Sonnet 5.5 $4.00 · Muse Wonder $8.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMuse WonderMuse Wonder 1,048,576 · Claude Sonnet 5.5 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsMuse WonderMuse Wonder: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · Claude Sonnet 5.5: Text, Images, PDFs
  • Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMuse WonderClaude Sonnet 5.5
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%9197
Price25%720
Inputs & features15%10080
Context window10%6160
Overall100%68/10072/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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Muse Wonder vs Claude Sonnet 5.5 specifications side by side
SpecificationMuse WonderMetaClaude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)161.7166.7 (best)
ECI rank#13 of 165#5 of 165 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions—95.6%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics82.1%88.8% (best)
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics99.4%100% (best)
SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions—46.5%
Price per million tokens
Input$4.00$2.00 (best)
Output$20.00$10.00 (best)
Cached input$0.20$0.10 (best)
Blended (3:1)$8.00$4.00 (best)
Long-context rateSame rateSame rate
Price sourceOfficial Meta APIOfficial Anthropic API
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)1,000,000 tokens
Max output131,072 tokens (best)128,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYes
ImagesYesYes
PDFsYesYes
AudioYesNo
VideoYesNo
ReasoningYesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh · maxYeslow · medium · high · xhigh · max
Tool callingYesYes
Structured outputYesYes
Availability
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
API model IDmuse-wonder-1.0claude-sonnet-5-5
API providers934 (best)
ReleasedOct 12, 2026Sep 28, 2026
Knowledge cutoff—Jun 2026
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • Muse Wonder$80.00
  • Claude Sonnet 5.5$40.00
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: Muse Wonder or Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Muse Wonder (68). It leads on capability and price. Muse Wonder wins on inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Claude Sonnet 5.5?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 is cheaper at $2.00 input / $10.00 output per million tokens (official Anthropic API price). Muse Wonder costs $4.00 input / $20.00 output per million tokens (official Meta API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $4.00 per million tokens for Claude Sonnet 5.5 versus $8.00 for Muse Wonder (2× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Claude Sonnet 5.5 166.7 (#5 of 165) and Muse Wonder 161.7 (#13 of 165). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (163.6–171.3 vs 159.2–164.6), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 — Claude Sonnet 5.5 88.8%, Muse Wonder 82.1%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Claude Sonnet 5.5 100%, Muse Wonder 99.4%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Muse Wonder and Claude Sonnet 5.5 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Claude Sonnet 5.5 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Wonder has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Claude Sonnet 5.5. Maximum output per response: Muse Wonder up to 131,072, Claude Sonnet 5.5 up to 128,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

Muse Wonder accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; Claude Sonnet 5.5 accepts text, images and PDFs. Muse Wonder handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

No. Muse Wonder and Claude Sonnet 5.5 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.

Which is newer?

Muse Wonder is the newest, released Oct 12, 2026. Claude Sonnet 5.5 came out Sep 28, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Claude Sonnet 5.5 Jun 2026.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Nov 2, 2026.

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