DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning) vs Muse Wonder (Max)

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek or Muse Wonder (Max) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-31.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 18.50
Total cost: $310

MetaMuse Wonder (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 43.30
Total cost: $5414

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Muse Wonder (Max) scores 24.8 points higher (43.3 vs 18.5) but costs 17× as much to run the benchmark ($5414 vs $310; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Muse Wonder (Max) when you need intelligence above 18.5, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning) when 18.5 is enough.

Metric	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning)	Muse Wonder (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	18.5	43.3	+134.1% Muse Wonder (Max) is 2.3× more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$310.24	$5,414.45	+1645.2% Muse Wonder (Max) is 17× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	4.11s	45.23s	+1000.5% Muse Wonder (Max) is 1000.5% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.30 / $1.20	$4.00 / $20.0
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Speech, Video

Muse Wonder (Max) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 (Non-reasoning): 134.1% more intelligence, 1645.2% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 1000.5% slower end-to-end.

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Depends on your budget

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