Muse Wonder vs Qwen3.5-Flash
Muse Wonder leads Qwen3.5-Flash on coding, 71.9 to 41.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.5-Flash costs 76.9x less per output token ($0.26 vs $20.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 29 benchmarks have a result for both.
Muse Wonder or Qwen3.5-Flash: which to pick
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 41.1 for Qwen3.5-Flash.
Pick Qwen3.5-Flash for output tokens 76.9x cheaper ($0.26 vs $20.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 29
- Muse Wonder only
- 31
- Qwen3.5-Flash only
- 26
- Like-for-like categories
- 6 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 41.1.
3 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a GPQA Diamond result, 82.8%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a AIME result, 92.5%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has a MMLU Pro result, 84.1%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Muse Wonder has a Design Arena: websites result, 1363.
Directional only
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
Qwen3.5-Flash
Muse Wonder $0.014, Qwen3.5-Flash $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Qwen3.5-Flash has the number, $0.40.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Muse Wonder 71.9 from 3 benchmarks, Qwen3.5-Flash 41.1 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 41.3 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: React: Muse Wonder 1641 against Qwen3.5-Flash 1229, 61.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Muse Wonder $20.00 against Qwen3.5-Flash $0.26 per million output tokens, 76.9x apart.
- Context window
- Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.5-Flash 1M.
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 | Muse Wonder | Bars | Qwen3.5-Flash | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 14 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 29 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1652 | 1244 | Muse Wonder |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.3% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.4% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 49.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 83.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 62.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 66.9% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 45.6% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 26.6% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 80.4% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SciCode | 60.3% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 265.9 | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1522 | 1412 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1515 | 1416 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1641 | 1229 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1694 | 1291 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.8 | 143.5 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1258 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 56.6% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 36.3% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 50.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 23.8% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 67.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 67.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 22.9% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vals Science Index | 39.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| CUA-bench (Vals AI) | 7.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $9,432 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 82.8% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.9% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 50.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 82.3% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 20.0% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1506 | 1403 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1513 | 1407 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1506 | 1409 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 92.5% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 84.4% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 18.2% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| ProofBench | 84.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1486 | 1407 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1514 | 1413 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 84.1% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.3% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 56.0% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.6% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.2% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 67.4% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 33.0% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 20.3% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1506 | 1415 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1512 | 1407 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1505 | 1398 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1483 | 1394 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1363 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1380 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1379 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1312 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1428 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1372 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index140
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 64.9% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 70.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 42.5% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.6% | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| DTBench | 95.2% | 82.9% | Muse Wonder |
| LMCA | 56.8% | 29.1% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text | 1502 | 1397 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1491 | 1374 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1491 | 1343 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: English | 1507 | 1404 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1492 | 1385 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1537 | 1445 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1390 | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1369 | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1344 | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1523 | 1413 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1400 | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1522 | 1380 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1376 | Only Qwen3.5-Flash measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1510 | 1393 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1493 | 1392 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1496 | 1369 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1482 | 1347 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash | 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
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5-Flash 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 | Meta Muse Wonder | Qwen3.5-Flash |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | October 12, 2026 | February 25, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.065 |
| Output $/Mtok | $20.00 | $0.26 |
| Coding index | 71.9 | 41.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.40 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Muse Wonder better than Qwen3.5-Flash for coding?
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 41.1 for Qwen3.5-Flash. Pick Qwen3.5-Flash for output tokens 76.9x cheaper ($0.26 vs $20.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Qwen3.5-Flash?
Muse Wonder costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-Flash costs $0.065 and $0.26. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.5-Flash only.
Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or Qwen3.5-Flash?
Muse Wonder, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Muse Wonder vs Qwen3.5-Flash comparison based on?
29 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Muse Wonder's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.5-Flash's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.