Inkling Small vs Muse Wonder (Max)
Which is better for the money: Inkling Small by Thinking Machines or Muse Wonder (Max) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-24.
Trade-off
Verdict
Depends on your budget
Muse Wonder (Max) scores 26.7 points higher (52.4 vs 25.7) but costs 24× as much to run the benchmark ($5787 vs $241; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Muse Wonder (Max) when you need intelligence above 25.7, and Inkling Small when 25.7 is enough.
| Metric | Inkling Small | Muse Wonder (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 25.7 | 52.4 | +103.9% Muse Wonder (Max) is 2.0× more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $240.85 | $5,786.78 | +2302.6% Muse Wonder (Max) is 24× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 12.67s | 41.43s | +227.0% Muse Wonder (Max) is 227.0% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $4.00 / $20.0 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech | Text, Image, Speech, Video |
Muse Wonder (Max) vs Inkling Small: 103.9% more intelligence, 2302.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 227.0% slower end-to-end.
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Inkling Small is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
- Muse Wonder (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (Xhigh, Default Fallback) scores 56.00 for $4057.
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