Muse Ember (Max) vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Which is better for the money: Muse Ember (Max) by Meta or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL by NVIDIA? 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)
Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs Muse Ember (Max): 62.2% less intelligence, 281.7% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 11.3% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | Muse Ember (Max) | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 36.0 | 13.6 | −62.2% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 62.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $117.12 | $447.06 | +281.7% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 3.8× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.09s | 8.95s | −11.3% Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is 11.3% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.17 / $0.50 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Muse Ember (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 46.30 for $389.
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