Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) vs Muse Ember (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) 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 Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback): 3.4% more intelligence, 88.0% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 24.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) | Muse Ember (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 34.8 | 36.0 | +3.4% Muse Ember (Max) is 3.4% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $979.66 | $117.12 | −88.0% Muse Ember (Max) is 88.0% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 13.35s | 10.09s | −24.4% Muse Ember (Max) is 24.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $4.00 / $20.0 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5.5 (Low, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Xhigh) scores 52.50 for $718.
- Muse Ember (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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