Gemini 4 Carbon High vs Muse Wonder Max: which scores higher?

This matchup crosses tiers: Gemini 4 Carbon (High) from Google against Muse Wonder (Max) from Meta. The headline gap is on the intelligence index, where Gemini 4 Carbon High scores 60.0 and Muse Wonder Max 43.6. All numbers are the catalogue's recorded values; nobody ran either model by hand for this page.

The headline benchmark

Gemini 4 Carbon High comes out ahead on the intelligence index, 60.0 to 43.6. The difference is large enough that the lower-scoring model has to win on cost or speed to stay in the running. Put another way, Muse Wonder Max would need 38% more on this index to draw level.

Among 109 active scored models, Gemini 4 Carbon High sits 1st 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.

Muse Wonder Max is the faster writer

Measured output speed is 91 tokens per second for Gemini 4 Carbon High and 134 tokens per second for Muse Wonder Max. On long outputs, that is a real advantage for Muse Wonder Max. Before any text appears, Gemini 4 Carbon High takes 2.0 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.

For a 1,000-token response, first token plus generation comes to roughly 2.2 minutes on Gemini 4 Carbon High and 33 seconds on Muse Wonder Max.

When they came out

Muse Wonder Max came first, on October 12, 2026; Gemini 4 Carbon High followed on October 28, 2026. They are effectively contemporaries.

Identical price sheets

Per million tokens, Gemini 4 Carbon High charges $4.00 for input and $20.00 for output, while Muse Wonder Max charges $4.00 and $20.00. The rates are identical, so price will not separate them.

Score per dollar

A blunt value measure, blended price over intelligence score, puts Gemini 4 Carbon High at $0.13 and Muse Wonder Max at $0.18 per point. Gemini 4 Carbon High scores higher and costs less per point, so on price per point there is nothing to trade off.