Gemini 4 Argon vs Muse Wonder Max: which scores higher?

Gemini 4 Argon leads the intelligence index 50.4 to 43.6. Muse Wonder Max writes 1.5 times as fast. Price per token, response speed and when to pick each.

Metric	Gemini 4 Argon (High)	Muse Wonder (Max)
Intelligence Index	50.4	43.6
Input price (per 1M tokens)	$4.00	$4.00
Output price (per 1M tokens)	$20.00	$20.00
Output speed (tokens/s)	89	134
Time to first token	51s	26s
Release date	2026-09-30	2026-10-12

Metric

Gemini 4 Argon (High)

Muse Wonder (Max)

Intelligence Index

50.4

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

51s

26s

Release date

2026-09-30

2026-10-12

Gemini 4 Argon (High) from Google and Muse Wonder (Max) from Meta are both tracked in Franklin AI's benchmark catalogue. The headline gap is on the intelligence index, where Gemini 4 Argon scores 50.4 and Muse Wonder Max 43.6. No hands-on testing went into this write-up; it summarises the recorded benchmark, price and speed data for both models.

Gemini 4 Argon leads on the intelligence index

Gemini 4 Argon records 50.4 on the intelligence index and Muse Wonder Max records 43.6. It is a meaningful gap rather than a rounding difference.

Among 109 active scored models, Gemini 4 Argon sits 15th 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.

Pricing: no difference

Per million tokens, Gemini 4 Argon charges $4.00 for input and $20.00 for output, while Muse Wonder Max charges $4.00 and $20.00. With matching rates, cost drops out of the decision.

Score per dollar

Dividing the blended price by the intelligence index gives a rough cost per point: $0.16 for Gemini 4 Argon and $0.18 for Muse Wonder Max, per million tokens. Gemini 4 Argon scores higher and costs less per point, so on price per point there is nothing to trade off.

Muse Wonder Max is the faster writer

Once a response is under way, Gemini 4 Argon produces roughly 89 tokens per second against 134 tokens per second for Muse Wonder Max. On long outputs, that is a real advantage for Muse Wonder Max. The wait for the first token averages 51 seconds on Gemini 4 Argon against 26 seconds on Muse Wonder Max. Gemini 4 Argon waits twice as long before its first token. Waits that long are felt on every chat-style request, though they matter less for batch jobs.

Put together, a 1,500-token answer would take about 68 seconds from Gemini 4 Argon and 37 seconds from Muse Wonder Max, counting the first-token wait.

Generation gap

Muse Wonder Max arrived on October 12, 2026, 12 days after Gemini 4 Argon (September 30, 2026). They are effectively contemporaries.

Common questions about Gemini 4 Argon and Muse Wonder Max

Is Muse Wonder Max better than Gemini 4 Argon?

Neither wins everywhere: Gemini 4 Argon scores higher on the intelligence index, 50.4 to 43.6; their blended prices are about the same; and Muse Wonder Max streams output 1.5 times as fast.

When were Gemini 4 Argon and Muse Wonder Max released?

Muse Wonder Max is newer. It was released on October 12, 2026, 12 days after Gemini 4 Argon (September 30, 2026).

Was this comparison tested by hand?

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.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 4 Argon or Muse Wonder Max?

They cost about the same. Gemini 4 Argon lists $4.00 in and $20.00 out per million tokens, and Muse Wonder Max lists $4.00 and $20.00.

Which is faster, Gemini 4 Argon or Muse Wonder Max?

Muse Wonder Max generates output faster, at 134 tokens per second against 89 tokens per second. Muse Wonder Max reaches its first token sooner (26 seconds against 51 seconds).

Final whistle

Bottom line: Gemini 4 Argon is the stronger all-round pick on this data, while Muse Wonder Max makes sense in narrower cases. Pick Gemini 4 Argon if you need the higher overall score (50.4 against 43.6). Pick Muse Wonder Max if long outputs need to finish quickly 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 Gemini 4 Argon (High) and Muse Wonder (Max) pages. The AI Benchmark methodology explains how that data is collected and shown.