Claude Haiku 5.5 Max vs Muse Wonder Max compared

Muse Wonder Max leads the intelligence index 43.6 to 36.5. Claude Haiku 5.5 Max costs 98% less on blended price. Benchmarks, sample bills, speed and a verdict.

Metric	Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)	Muse Wonder (Max)
Intelligence Index	36.5	43.6
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$0.10	$4.00
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$0.50	$20.00
Output speed (tokens/s)	233	134
Time to first token	4.6 min	26s
Release date	2026-10-07	2026-10-12

Metric

Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)

Muse Wonder (Max)

Intelligence Index

36.5

43.6

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$0.10

$4.00

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$0.50

$20.00

Output speed (tokens/s)

233

134

Time to first token

4.6 min

26s

Release date

2026-10-07

2026-10-12

Here is how Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max), built by Anthropic, lines up against Muse Wonder (Max) from Meta. Price separates them more than anything else; on a blended basis Muse Wonder Max costs 40 times as much as Claude Haiku 5.5 Max. Everything below is read from the benchmark, price and speed data in Franklin AI's catalogue; nothing here comes from a hands-on test.

What they cost

Per million tokens, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max charges $0.10 for input and $0.50 for output, while Muse Wonder Max charges $4.00 and $20.00. For output tokens, Muse Wonder Max is 40 times the price of Claude Haiku 5.5 Max.

Take 1 million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens: that comes to $0.20 on Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and $8.00 on Muse Wonder Max. Scale it up to a month of coding-assistant traffic at 30 million input and 3 million output tokens and the bill is $4.50 for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max against $180 for Muse Wonder Max. Blended at three input tokens per output token, the effective rates are $0.20 for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and $8.00 for Muse Wonder Max.

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max is the faster writer

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max generates about 233 tokens per second and Muse Wonder Max about 134 tokens per second. That makes Claude Haiku 5.5 Max roughly 1.7 times as fast at writing. The wait for the first token averages 4.6 minutes on Claude Haiku 5.5 Max against 26 seconds on Muse Wonder Max. On total time, Muse Wonder Max wins at ordinary lengths; Claude Haiku 5.5 Max's higher throughput only pays off beyond about 80,000 tokens. Waits that long are felt on every chat-style request, though they matter less for batch jobs.

Add the two numbers up for an 800-token reply and Muse Wonder Max finishes first: 4.7 minutes for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max, 32 seconds for Muse Wonder Max.

Release timing

The release dates are October 7, 2026 for Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and October 12, 2026 for Muse Wonder Max, 5 days apart. That is close enough to count them as the same generation.

How the intelligence index compares

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max records 36.5 on the intelligence index and Muse Wonder Max records 43.6. It is a meaningful gap rather than a rounding difference.

Across the 109 active models with an intelligence score in the catalogue, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max ranks 37th and Muse Wonder Max ranks 28th.

The catalogue does not yet split either model's score into coding and math indexes.

Cost per point of intelligence

Per point of intelligence index, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max costs $0.0055 of blended price per million tokens and Muse Wonder Max $0.18. So Muse Wonder Max buys its higher score at a premium, while Claude Haiku 5.5 Max is the value pick, paying 97% less per point.

FAQ

Is Claude Haiku 5.5 Max better than Muse Wonder Max?

Neither wins everywhere: Muse Wonder Max scores higher on the intelligence index, 43.6 to 36.5; Claude Haiku 5.5 Max is 98% cheaper on blended price; Claude Haiku 5.5 Max streams output 1.7 times as fast; and Muse Wonder Max reaches its first token sooner.

Does Claude Haiku 5.5 Max respond faster than Muse Wonder Max?

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max generates output faster, at 233 tokens per second against 134 tokens per second. Muse Wonder Max reaches its first token sooner (26 seconds against 4.6 minutes). Counting the first-token wait, Muse Wonder Max finishes first for any reply shorter than about 80,000 tokens.

Which is newer, Claude Haiku 5.5 Max or Muse Wonder Max?

Muse Wonder Max is newer. It was released on October 12, 2026, 5 days after Claude Haiku 5.5 Max (October 7, 2026).

Where do these numbers come from?

The figures are the recorded benchmark, price and speed data in Franklin AI's model catalogue. This page is written from that data automatically; neither model was tested by hand for it.

Who makes Claude Haiku 5.5 Max and Muse Wonder Max?

Claude Haiku 5.5 Max is made by Anthropic and Muse Wonder Max by Meta. Claude Haiku 5.5 Max was released on October 7, 2026 and Muse Wonder Max on October 12, 2026.

Final whistle

The verdict: Claude Haiku 5.5 Max has more going for it here, but Muse Wonder Max is not without an argument. Pick Claude Haiku 5.5 Max if cost matters ($0.50 against $20.00 per million output tokens) and you generate very long outputs, beyond about 80,000 tokens. Pick Muse Wonder Max if you need the higher overall score (43.6 against 36.5) and users are waiting on the first word.

Where the numbers come from

The scores, speed and prices in this comparison come from independent third-party model evaluations that Franklin AI syncs each day, and the article was written from a snapshot of them. For the latest results, open the Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max) and Muse Wonder (Max) pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.