Muse Wonder vs Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs 16.7x less per output token than Muse Wonder ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 28 benchmarks have a result for both.
Muse Wonder or Beam 1.0 501B A23B: which to pick
Only Muse Wonder has a coding score, 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index; Beam 1.0 501B A23B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Beam 1.0 501B A23B for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 28
- Muse Wonder only
- 32
- Beam 1.0 501B A23B only
- 0
- 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
No call
Only Muse Wonder has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 1363 against 1245.
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
No call
Both take 1.05M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Beam 1.0 501B A23B
Muse Wonder $0.014, Beam 1.0 501B A23B $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Muse Wonder 71.9 from 3 benchmarks, Beam 1.0 501B A23B not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- Coding, 20.3 points apart on average over 5 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- LMArena WebDev: Muse Wonder 1652 against Beam 1.0 501B A23B 1437, 30.7 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Muse Wonder $20.00 against Beam 1.0 501B A23B $1.20 per million output tokens, 16.7x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1.05M tokens.
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 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 3 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 2 | 0 | ||
| General | 12 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 28 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index50
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1652 | 1437 | Muse Wonder |
| 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 |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1522 | 1473 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1515 | 1461 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1641 | 1443 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1694 | 1436 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.8 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| 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 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | 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 | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 50.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1506 | 1442 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1513 | 1447 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1506 | 1451 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 84.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1486 | 1459 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1514 | 1475 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | 1506 | 1430 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1512 | 1376 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1505 | 1433 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1483 | 1430 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1363 | 1245 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1380 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1379 | 1220 | Muse Wonder |
| 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 index120
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 64.9% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 70.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| DTBench | 95.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMCA | 56.8% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text | 1502 | 1425 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1491 | 1430 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1491 | 1390 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: English | 1507 | 1436 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1492 | 1413 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1537 | 1424 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: French | 1523 | 1461 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1522 | 1412 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1510 | 1414 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1493 | 1429 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1496 | 1400 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1482 | 1399 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 31 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Beam 1.0 501B A23B | 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
Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Beam 1.0 501B A23B 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 | Reflection Beam 1.0 501B A23B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | Reflection |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 12, 2026 | October 16, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.40 |
| Output $/Mtok | $20.00 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | 71.9 | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Muse Wonder better than Beam 1.0 501B A23B for coding?
Only Muse Wonder has a coding score, 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index; Beam 1.0 501B A23B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Beam 1.0 501B A23B for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
Muse Wonder costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens; Beam 1.0 501B A23B costs $0.40 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or Beam 1.0 501B A23B?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the Muse Wonder vs Beam 1.0 501B A23B comparison based on?
28 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Muse Wonder's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Beam 1.0 501B A23B's on 1. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.