Muse Wonder (Max) vs Qwen3.8 Max (0902)

Which is better for the money: Muse Wonder (Max) by Meta or Qwen3.8 Max (0902) by Alibaba? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

MetaMuse Wonder (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 52.40
Total cost: $5787

AlibabaQwen3.8 Max (0902)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 45.40
Total cost: $4935

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Muse Wonder (Max) scores 7.0 points higher (52.4 vs 45.4) but costs 1.2× as much to run the benchmark ($5787 vs $4935; both flagship class). Pick Muse Wonder (Max) when the extra intelligence is worth the premium, otherwise Qwen3.8 Max (0902).

Metric	Muse Wonder (Max)	Qwen3.8 Max (0902)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	52.4	45.4	−13.4% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 13.4% less intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$5,786.78	$4,934.79	−14.7% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 14.7% cheaper
End-to-end time (lower is better)	40.70s	65.39s	+60.7% Qwen3.8 Max (0902) is 60.7% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$4.00 / $20.0	$2.00 / $6.00
Input modalities	Text, Image, Speech, Video	Text, Image

Qwen3.8 Max (0902) vs Muse Wonder (Max): 13.4% less intelligence, 14.7% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 60.7% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

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.
Qwen3.8 Max (0902) 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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