Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) vs Muse Ember (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) by Anthropic or Muse Ember (Max) 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 (Max)
Muse Ember (Max) vs Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh): 4.0% more intelligence, 39.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 87.7% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) | Muse Ember (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.6 | 36.0 | +4.0% Muse Ember (Max) is 4.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $192.70 | $117.12 | −39.2% Muse Ember (Max) is 39.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 82.21s | 10.09s | −87.7% Muse Ember (Max) is 87.7% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Haiku 5.5 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) scores 38.20 for $190.
- Muse Ember (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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