gpt-oss-120b (High) vs Muse Ember (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: gpt-oss-120b (High) by OpenAI 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 gpt-oss-120b (High): 797.4% more intelligence, 63.9% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 25.2% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | gpt-oss-120b (High) | Muse Ember (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 3.8 | 34.1 | +797.4% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 9.0× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $264.99 | $95.73 | −63.9% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 63.9% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.67s | 9.48s | −25.2% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 25.2% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.15 / $0.60 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- gpt-oss-120b (High) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Terra (Medium) scores 38.20 for $190.
- Muse Ember (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
gpt-oss-120b (High)Muse Ember (Xhigh)Today's Pareto frontierOpen-weights frontierEvery other model
Matchup
Compare something else
Agents:
Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md returns this page as Markdown. JSON: /api/v1/compare/gpt-oss-120b/muse-ember-xhigh · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/gpt-oss-120b/muse-ember-xhigh?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill