Claude Opus 5.5 Max vs Muse Wonder Max: which scores higher?

Claude Opus 5.5 Max leads the intelligence index 59.1 to 43.6. Muse Wonder Max writes 1.4 times as fast. Price per token, response speed and when to pick each.

Metric	Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)	Muse Wonder (Max)
Intelligence Index	59.1	43.6
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$4.00	$4.00
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$20.00	$20.00
Output speed (tokens/s)	95	134
Time to first token	10.8 min	26s
Release date	2026-09-22	2026-10-12

Metric

Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)

Muse Wonder (Max)

Intelligence Index

59.1

43.6

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$4.00

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$20.00

Output speed (tokens/s)

134

Time to first token

10.8 min

26s

Release date

2026-09-22

2026-10-12

This matchup crosses tiers: Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) from Anthropic against Muse Wonder (Max) from Meta. Their widest difference is the intelligence index, with Claude Opus 5.5 Max ahead by 15.5 points (59.1 versus 43.6). No hands-on testing went into this write-up; it summarises the recorded benchmark, price and speed data for both models.

Benchmark scores

The catalogue puts Claude Opus 5.5 Max at 59.1 and Muse Wonder Max at 43.6 on its intelligence index. These scores put the two models in different leagues on overall capability.

Among 109 active scored models, Claude Opus 5.5 Max sits 2nd and Muse Wonder Max 28th.

Specialist coding and math indexes are missing for both, so treat the overall score as the only capability signal here.

Identical price sheets

Claude Opus 5.5 Max lists $4.00 per million input tokens and $20.00 per million output tokens; Muse Wonder Max lists $4.00 and $20.00. The rates are identical, so price will not separate them.

Release timing

Muse Wonder Max arrived on October 12, 2026, 20 days after Claude Opus 5.5 Max (September 22, 2026). They are effectively contemporaries.

Cost per point of intelligence

Dividing the blended price by the intelligence index gives a rough cost per point: $0.14 for Claude Opus 5.5 Max and $0.18 for Muse Wonder Max, per million tokens. Claude Opus 5.5 Max scores higher and costs less per point, so on price per point there is nothing to trade off.

How fast they respond

Once a response is under way, Claude Opus 5.5 Max produces roughly 95 tokens per second against 134 tokens per second for Muse Wonder Max. On long outputs, that is a real advantage for Muse Wonder Max. Time to first token is 10.8 minutes for Claude Opus 5.5 Max and 26 seconds for Muse Wonder Max. Muse Wonder Max gets to its first token 25 times as fast. A first-token wait of that length suits background work better than live conversation.

Add the two numbers up for a 2,000-token reply and Muse Wonder Max finishes first: 11.1 minutes for Claude Opus 5.5 Max, 41 seconds for Muse Wonder Max.

Common questions about Claude Opus 5.5 Max and Muse Wonder Max

Is Claude Opus 5.5 Max better than Muse Wonder Max?

Neither wins everywhere: Claude Opus 5.5 Max scores higher on the intelligence index, 59.1 to 43.6; their blended prices are about the same; and Muse Wonder Max streams output 1.4 times as fast.

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

Muse Wonder Max is newer. It was released on October 12, 2026, 20 days after Claude Opus 5.5 Max (September 22, 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.

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

Muse Wonder Max generates output faster, at 134 tokens per second against 95 tokens per second. Muse Wonder Max reaches its first token sooner (26 seconds against 10.8 minutes).

Are Claude Opus 5.5 Max and Muse Wonder Max from the same company?

Claude Opus 5.5 Max is made by Anthropic and Muse Wonder Max by Meta. Claude Opus 5.5 Max was released on September 22, 2026 and Muse Wonder Max on October 12, 2026.

Final whistle

In one line: Claude Opus 5.5 Max is the stronger all-round pick on this data, while Muse Wonder Max makes sense in narrower cases. Pick Claude Opus 5.5 Max if you need the higher overall score (59.1 against 43.6). Pick Muse Wonder Max if users are waiting on the first word and long outputs need to finish quickly.

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 Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) and Muse Wonder (Max) pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.