Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) vs Muse Ember (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) by Anthropic or Muse Ember (Xhigh) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-11-10.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Muse Ember (Xhigh)
Muse Ember (Xhigh) vs Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning): 360.8% more intelligence, 82.3% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 65.5% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) | Muse Ember (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 7.4 | 34.1 | +360.8% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 4.6× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $541.07 | $95.73 | −82.3% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 82.3% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 27.49s | 9.48s | −65.5% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 65.5% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.00 / $5.00 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude 4.5 Haiku (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 46.30 for $389.
- Muse Ember (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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