Claude Opus 4.6 vs Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads Claude Opus 4.6 on coding, 71.9 to 57.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Muse Wonder costs 1.3x less per output token ($20.00 vs $25.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 40 benchmarks have a result for both.
Claude Opus 4.6 or Muse Wonder: which to pick
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 57.2 for Claude Opus 4.6, though on 3 benchmarks against 4.
Pick Claude Opus 4.6 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
- Shared results
- 40
- Claude Opus 4.6 only
- 70
- Muse Wonder only
- 20
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder scores 71.9 against 57.2.
4 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 31.9.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has a GPQA Diamond result, 89.7%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has a AIME result, 95.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has a MMLU Pro result, 89.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 1362 against 1291.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Muse Wonder has a Vals Index result, 64.9%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Muse Wonder
Claude Opus 4.6 $0.018, Muse Wonder $0.014 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Claude Opus 4.6 has the number, $1.56.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Claude Opus 4.6 57.2 from 4 benchmarks, Muse Wonder 71.9 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 13.8 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Claude Opus 4.6 50.0% against Muse Wonder 84.0%, 34.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Claude Opus 4.6 $25.00 against Muse Wonder $20.00 per million output tokens, 1.3x apart.
- Context window
- Claude Opus 4.6 takes 1M tokens, Muse Wonder 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | Claude Opus 4.6 | Bars | Muse Wonder | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 2 | 4 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 1 | ||
| Math | 2 | 1 | ||
| Knowledge | 3 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 8 | 7 | ||
| All shared boards | 18 | 22 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index24
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 75.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 72.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1547 | 1652 | Muse Wonder |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 84.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 49.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 57.6% | 83.1% | Muse Wonder |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 66.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | Not measured | 45.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.4% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 48.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 79.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| FrontierCode | 26.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| GSO-Bench | 41.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| WeirdML | 78.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Cybench | 93.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1534 | 1522 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1527 | 1515 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1539 | 1641 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1559 | 1694 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1543 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 31.9 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.7 | 161.8 | Muse Wonder |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1206 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1220 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1207 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1197 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1212 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1243 | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.6% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.3% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 50.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 23.8% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.0% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 22.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 39.1% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 7.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 92.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 46.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| METR time horizons | 78.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Remote Labor Index | 4.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| DeepResearch Bench | 55.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $8,018 | $9,432 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.5% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 83.9% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 89.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.9% | 50.1% | Muse Wonder |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 90.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 94.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 69.2% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| SimpleBench | 67.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 21.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 25.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| EBR-bench | 12.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1525 | 1506 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1544 | 1513 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1530 | 1506 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1340 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1337 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 83.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index21
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 95.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | 94.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 66.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 26.8% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| ProofBench | 50.0% | 84.0% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: math | 1518 | 1486 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1525 | 1514 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index31
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 89.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 85.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 62.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 67.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 76.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 68.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 95.4% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 49.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 47.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1519 | 1506 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1504 | 1512 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1512 | 1505 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1497 | 1483 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| FACTS Benchmark Suite | 41.5% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 4 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1291 | 1362 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1281 | 1379 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1277 | 1376 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1279 | 1317 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1273 | 1427 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1288 | 1371 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1227 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1255 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index87
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 64.9% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.2% | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 51.6% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 86.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| IFBench | 53.1% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 78.0% | 80.7% | Muse Wonder |
| DTBench | 91.2% | 95.2% | Muse Wonder |
| LMCA | 55.8% | 56.8% | Muse Wonder |
| CL-bench | 20.7% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Furniture assembly | 28.3% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| CL-bench Life | 17.0% | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1501 | 1502 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1521 | 1491 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1505 | 1491 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision | 1316 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1511 | 1507 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1488 | 1492 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1551 | 1537 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1500 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1488 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1464 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1512 | 1523 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1510 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1497 | 1522 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1499 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1511 | 1510 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1518 | 1493 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1502 | 1496 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1492 | 1482 | Claude Opus 4.6 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1324 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1370 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1326 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1314 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: recognizing things | 1274 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1331 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| LMArena Document | 1507 | Not measured | Only Claude Opus 4.6 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Claude Opus 4.6 | Muse Wonder | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Muse Wonder costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Muse Wonder costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Muse Wonder costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Anthropic Claude Opus 4.6 | Meta Muse Wonder |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Anthropic | Meta |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | February 4, 2026 | October 12, 2026 |
| Context window | 1M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $5.00 | $4.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $25.00 | $20.00 |
| Coding index | 57.2 | 71.9 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 4 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.56 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Claude Opus 4.6 better than Muse Wonder for coding?
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 57.2 for Claude Opus 4.6, though on 3 benchmarks against 4. Pick Claude Opus 4.6 for work measured by LMArena Text: coding or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.6 or Muse Wonder?
Claude Opus 4.6 costs $5.00 per million input tokens and $25.00 per million output tokens; Muse Wonder costs $4.00 and $20.00. Cost per solved task is known for Claude Opus 4.6 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Claude Opus 4.6 or Muse Wonder?
Muse Wonder, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Claude Opus 4.6 vs Muse Wonder comparison based on?
40 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Claude Opus 4.6's coding index rests on 4 independent benchmarks and Muse Wonder's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.