Muse Wonder vs Inkling
Muse Wonder leads Inkling on coding, 71.9 to 31.5 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling costs 4.9x less per output token ($4.05 vs $20.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 52 benchmarks have a result for both.
Muse Wonder or Inkling: which to pick
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 3 benchmarks against 6.
Pick Inkling for output tokens 4.9x cheaper ($4.05 vs $20.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 52
- Muse Wonder only
- 8
- Inkling only
- 50
- 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 31.5.
3 and 6 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Inkling has a AA Intelligence Index result, 25.0.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Inkling has a AA Agentic Index result, 22.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Inkling has a GPQA Diamond result, 87.1%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Inkling has a MMLU Pro result, 86.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 1362 against 1224.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 64.9% against 29.0%.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Inkling
Muse Wonder $0.014, Inkling $0.0030 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Inkling has the number, $0.76.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Muse Wonder 71.9 from 3 benchmarks, Inkling 31.5 from 6 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 33.0 points apart on average over 12 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Muse Wonder 84.0% against Inkling 0.0%, 84.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Muse Wonder $20.00 against Inkling $4.05 per million output tokens, 4.9x apart.
- Context window
- Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling 524K.
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 | Inkling | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 12 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| Web design | 6 | 0 | ||
| General | 17 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 52 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index120
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 64.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1652 | 1414 | Muse Wonder |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 52.1 | Only Inkling measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.5% | Only Inkling measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 77.6% | Only Inkling measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 49.5% | 0.5% | Muse Wonder |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 83.1% | 19.2% | Muse Wonder |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 62.5% | 11.8% | Muse Wonder |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 66.9% | 14.9% | Muse Wonder |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 47.6% | Only Inkling measured |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 45.6% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 26.6% | 7.3% | Muse Wonder |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.1% | Only Inkling measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 80.4% | 66.8% | Muse Wonder |
| SciCode | 60.3% | 47.0% | Muse Wonder |
| FrontierCode | Not measured | 14.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 4.1% | Only Inkling measured |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 32.3% | Only Inkling measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 946.0 | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1522 | 1466 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1515 | 1465 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1641 | 1404 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1694 | 1399 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 25.0 | Only Inkling measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.8 | 148.4 | Muse Wonder |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 22.5 | Only Inkling measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1196 | Only Inkling measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1243 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 59.9% | Only Inkling measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 16.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 14.1% | Only Inkling measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 56.6% | 46.6% | Muse Wonder |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 36.3% | 15.3% | Muse Wonder |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 50.5% | 28.4% | Muse Wonder |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 23.8% | 3.8% | Muse Wonder |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 67.1% | 38.4% | Muse Wonder |
| 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 |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 33.8% | Only Inkling measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $9,432 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 87.1% | Only Inkling measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 78.3% | Only Inkling measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 78.5% | Only Inkling measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 87.2% | Only Inkling measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 50.1% | 31.9% | Muse Wonder |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 88.3% | Only Inkling measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 79.5% | Only Inkling measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 36.5% | Only Inkling measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 50.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 21.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1506 | 1451 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1513 | 1466 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1506 | 1448 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 88.9% | Only Inkling measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 33.3% | Only Inkling measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 4.9% | Only Inkling measured |
| ProofBench | 84.0% | 0.0% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: math | 1486 | 1479 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1514 | 1460 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 86.3% | Only Inkling measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.6% | Only Inkling measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.3% | Only Inkling measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.0% | Only Inkling measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 41.2% | Only Inkling measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 40.3% | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1506 | 1455 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1512 | 1447 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1505 | 1448 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1483 | 1438 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1362 | 1224 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1379 | 1198 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1376 | 1165 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1317 | 1156 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1427 | 1160 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1371 | 1205 | Muse Wonder |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1108 | Only Inkling measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1089 | Only Inkling measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 58.3% | Only Inkling measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index170
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 64.9% | 29.0% | Muse Wonder |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 72.8% | Only Inkling measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 70.2% | 58.5% | Muse Wonder |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.5% | Only Inkling measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.4% | Only Inkling measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 49.4% | Only Inkling measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | 77.3% | Muse Wonder |
| DTBench | 95.2% | 87.5% | Muse Wonder |
| LMCA | 56.8% | 37.6% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text | 1502 | 1442 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1491 | 1425 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1491 | 1390 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: English | 1507 | 1442 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1492 | 1434 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1537 | 1493 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1445 | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1429 | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1403 | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1523 | 1455 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1449 | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1522 | 1430 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1450 | Only Inkling measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1510 | 1437 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1493 | 1435 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1496 | 1404 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1482 | 1394 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling | 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
Inkling costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Inkling costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Inkling 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 | Thinking Machines Inkling |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | Thinking Machines |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 12, 2026 | July 17, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.975 |
| Output $/Mtok | $20.00 | $4.05 |
| Coding index | 71.9 | 31.5 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 6 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.76 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Muse Wonder better than Inkling for coding?
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 31.5 for Inkling, though on 3 benchmarks against 6. Pick Inkling for output tokens 4.9x cheaper ($4.05 vs $20.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Inkling?
Muse Wonder costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens; Inkling costs $0.975 and $4.05. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling only.
Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or Inkling?
Muse Wonder, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Muse Wonder vs Inkling comparison based on?
52 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Muse Wonder's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Inkling's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.