Muse Wonder vs Inkling Small
Muse Wonder leads Inkling Small on coding, 71.9 to 27.3 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Inkling Small costs 16.7x less per output token ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million). Updated October 21, 2026; 43 benchmarks have a result for both.
Muse Wonder or Inkling Small: which to pick
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small, though on 3 benchmarks against 4.
Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 43
- Muse Wonder only
- 17
- Inkling Small only
- 41
- Like-for-like categories
- 7 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 27.3.
3 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Inkling Small has a AA Intelligence Index result, 25.7.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Inkling Small has a AA Agentic Index result, 23.5.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Inkling Small has a GPQA Diamond result, 83.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Inkling Small has a MMLU Pro result, 85.6%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Muse Wonder has a Design Arena: websites result, 1362.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
Muse Wonder
Muse Wonder leads, 64.9% against 27.6%.
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 Small
Muse Wonder $0.014, Inkling Small $0.0010 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Inkling Small has the number, $0.16.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Muse Wonder 71.9 from 3 benchmarks, Inkling Small 27.3 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 35.3 points apart on average over 11 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- ProofBench: Muse Wonder 84.0% against Inkling Small 6.0%, 78.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Muse Wonder $20.00 against Inkling Small $1.20 per million output tokens, 16.7x apart.
- Context window
- Muse Wonder takes 1.05M tokens, Inkling Small 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 Small | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 11 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 5 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 4 | 0 | ||
| Math | 3 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 4 | 0 | ||
| General | 15 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 43 | 0 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index110
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1652 | 1409 | Muse Wonder |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 52.9 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 85.9% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.2% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 49.5% | 0.0% | Muse Wonder |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 83.1% | 19.1% | Muse Wonder |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 62.5% | 13.7% | Muse Wonder |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 66.9% | 9.3% | Muse Wonder |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 55.1% | Only Inkling Small 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 |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 33.6% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 80.4% | 64.1% | Muse Wonder |
| SciCode | 60.3% | 49.7% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1522 | 1450 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1515 | 1447 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1641 | 1399 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1694 | 1398 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1410 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 25.7 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.8 | 150.3 | Muse Wonder |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 23.5 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | 1227 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 56.6% | 41.3% | Muse Wonder |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 36.3% | 15.4% | Muse Wonder |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 50.5% | 25.5% | Muse Wonder |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 23.8% | 2.9% | Muse Wonder |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 67.1% | 31.8% | 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 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $9,432 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 29 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 83.6% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 27.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 89.5% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 50.1% | 33.3% | Muse Wonder |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 88.5% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| ARC-AGI | Not measured | 84.0% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Not measured | 40.1% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 6.0% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1506 | 1423 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1513 | 1441 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1506 | 1429 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1251 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1257 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 90.0% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 46.3% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 17.1% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| ProofBench | 84.0% | 6.0% | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: math | 1486 | 1459 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1514 | 1441 | 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 Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 85.6% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 83.0% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.6% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.5% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.3% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.9% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 19.1% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1506 | 1428 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1512 | 1413 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1505 | 1415 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1483 | 1413 | Muse Wonder |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1362 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1374 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1377 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1321 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1426 | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1371 | 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 index150
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 64.9% | 27.6% | Muse Wonder |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 70.2% | 59.4% | Muse Wonder |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.7% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | Not measured | 84.1% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 50.0% | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.7% | 75.7% | Muse Wonder |
| DTBench | 95.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMCA | 56.8% | Not measured | Only Muse Wonder measured |
| LMArena Text | 1502 | 1413 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1491 | 1399 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1491 | 1334 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1237 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1507 | 1421 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1492 | 1401 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1537 | 1464 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1408 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1401 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1367 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1523 | 1435 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1422 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1522 | 1394 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1428 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1510 | 1416 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1493 | 1402 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1496 | 1357 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1482 | 1352 | Muse Wonder |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1243 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1292 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1243 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1207 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1205 | Only Inkling Small measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Wonder | Inkling Small | 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 Small costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Inkling Small costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Inkling Small 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 Small |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | Thinking Machines |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | October 12, 2026 | July 30, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 524K |
| Input $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.45 |
| Output $/Mtok | $20.00 | $1.20 |
| Coding index | 71.9 | 27.3 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.16 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Muse Wonder better than Inkling Small for coding?
Pick Muse Wonder for coding: it scores 71.9 on the Vibe Coding Index against 27.3 for Inkling Small, though on 3 benchmarks against 4. Pick Inkling Small for output tokens 16.7x cheaper ($1.20 vs $20.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?
Muse Wonder costs $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens; Inkling Small costs $0.45 and $1.20. Cost per solved task is known for Inkling Small only.
Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?
Muse Wonder, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Muse Wonder vs Inkling Small comparison based on?
43 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Muse Wonder's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Inkling Small's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.