Muse Ember (Max) vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Muse Ember (Max) by Meta or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) 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 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) vs Muse Ember (Max): 67.2% less intelligence, 1216.6% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 16.8% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Muse Ember (Max) | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 36.0 | 11.8 | −67.2% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 67.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $117.12 | $1,541.98 | +1216.6% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 13× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 10.56s | 12.33s | +16.8% Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B… is 16.8% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.10 / $0.50 | $0.60 / $2.70 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Muse Ember (Max) is on today's frontier: nothing is both smarter and cheaper.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 54.60 for $1124.
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