Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) vs Muse Ember (Xhigh)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI 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 Grok 4.6 (Xhigh): 10.0% more intelligence, 97.2% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 78.4% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) | Muse Ember (Xhigh) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 31.0 | 34.1 | +10.0% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 10.0% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $3,390.87 | $95.73 | −97.2% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 97.2% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 43.84s | 9.48s | −78.4% Muse Ember (Xhigh) is 78.4% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $0.10 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Fable 5.2 (Medium, Default Fallback) scores 56.40 for $3360.
- Muse Ember (Xhigh) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
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