Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max vs Muse Wonder Max compared

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max leads the intelligence index 54.5 to 43.6. Compare price, speed, latency and a clear verdict.

Metric	Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)	Muse Wonder (Max)
Intelligence Index	54.5	43.6
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$2.00	$4.00
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$10.00	$20.00
Output speed (tokens/s)	136	134
Time to first token	6.5 min	26s
Release date	2026-09-28	2026-10-12

Metric

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)

Muse Wonder (Max)

Intelligence Index

54.5

43.6

Input price (per 1M tokens)

$2.00

$4.00

Output price (per 1M tokens)

$10.00

$20.00

Output speed (tokens/s)

136

134

Time to first token

6.5 min

26s

Release date

2026-09-28

2026-10-12

Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) (Anthropic) and Muse Wonder (Max) (Meta) meet here on their recorded benchmark, price and speed data. The headline gap is on the intelligence index, where Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max scores 54.5 and Muse Wonder Max 43.6. All numbers are the catalogue's recorded values; nobody ran either model by hand for this page.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max leads on the intelligence index

On the intelligence index, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max scores 54.5 against 43.6 for Muse Wonder Max. A difference this size usually separates one tier of model from the next.

Among 109 active scored models, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max sits 9th and Muse Wonder Max 28th.

There are no coding or math index scores for either model in the catalogue, which keeps this comparison at the aggregate level.

Speed and latency

Once a response is under way, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max produces roughly 136 tokens per second against 134 tokens per second for Muse Wonder Max. There is little to choose between them on raw output speed. Before any text appears, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max takes 6.5 minutes and Muse Wonder Max 26 seconds. In an interactive app, Muse Wonder Max will feel noticeably more responsive. Waits that long are felt on every chat-style request, though they matter less for batch jobs.

Add the two numbers up for a 1,000-token reply and Muse Wonder Max finishes first: 6.6 minutes for Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max, 33 seconds for Muse Wonder Max.

Price per token

The list prices are $2.00 in and $10.00 out for Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max, and $4.00 in and $20.00 out for Muse Wonder Max, per million tokens. For output tokens, Muse Wonder Max is twice the price of Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max.

A reference job of 1 million input tokens and 200,000 output tokens costs $4.00 with Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max and $8.00 with Muse Wonder Max, so Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max saves $4.00. For summarising 1,000 documents of 8,000 tokens into 400-token summaries, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max would come in 50% lower: $20.00 for Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max against $40.00 for Muse Wonder Max.

Which is newer

The release dates are September 28, 2026 for Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max and October 12, 2026 for Muse Wonder Max, 14 days apart. That is close enough to count them as the same generation.

Score per dollar

Per point of intelligence index, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max costs $0.073 of blended price per million tokens and Muse Wonder Max $0.18. Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max scores higher and costs less per point, so on price per point there is nothing to trade off.

Quick answers

Is Muse Wonder Max better than Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max?

It depends on what you need: Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max scores higher on the intelligence index, 54.5 to 43.6; Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max is 50% cheaper on blended price; and Muse Wonder Max reaches its first token sooner.

Which model has lower latency?

Their output speeds are close: 136 tokens per second for Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max and 134 tokens per second for Muse Wonder Max. Muse Wonder Max reaches its first token sooner (26 seconds against 6.5 minutes).

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

Muse Wonder Max is newer. It was released on October 12, 2026, 14 days after Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max (September 28, 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 Sonnet 5.5 Max and Muse Wonder Max?

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max is made by Anthropic and Muse Wonder Max by Meta. Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max was released on September 28, 2026 and Muse Wonder Max on October 12, 2026.

Final whistle

Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max has more going for it here, but Muse Wonder Max is not without an argument. Pick Claude Sonnet 5.5 Max if you need the higher overall score (54.5 against 43.6) and cost matters ($10.00 against $20.00 per million output tokens). Pick Muse Wonder Max if 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 Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback) and Muse Wonder (Max) pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.