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Muse Wonder vs Inkling Small

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 12 results on 2 sources that measured both models.

MetaMuse Wonder Released 12 Oct 2026 · $4.00 in · $20.00 out
Thinking MachinesInkling Small Released 15 Jul 2026 · $0.45 in · $1.20 out
Muse Wonder wins 61 too close to callInkling Small wins 5

Of the 12 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 14 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-14-7d7cf32c3f6d).

Muse Wonder or Inkling Small? The short answer

Pick Muse Wonder if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.4 against 25.7). Pick Inkling Small if cost matters more: it costs 8.9 times less per game of bullet chess on BulletBench. Inkling Small is also faster.

  • Inkling Small is cheaper to run: $0.007 against $0.066 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (8.9 times less).
  • Muse Wonder scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52.4 against 25.7.
  • Inkling Small writes faster: 186 tokens a second against 117.
  • Muse Wonder is newer: released 12 Oct 2026, against 15 Jul 2026 for Inkling Small.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Muse Wonder does better for agents and tool use and reasoning and knowledge.

Head to head

52.4
Intelligence Index
25.7
$8.00
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$0.64
117
Output speed, tokens a second
186
1,048,576
Context window, tokens
524,288

Every fact side by side

Muse WonderInkling Small
Price per million tokens$4.00 in · $20.00 out$0.45 in · $1.20 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$8.00$0.64
Cheapest host, blended––
Cost per game of bullet chess (BulletBench)$0.066$0.007
Cached input, per million$0.20 cached input–
Intelligence Index52.425.7
Spring Prompt overall71–
Output speed, tokens a second117186
Context window1,048,576 tokens524,288 tokens
Released12 Oct 2026 (newer)15 Jul 2026
WeightsClosedOpen
Developer based inthe USthe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live 4 of 22 not measured
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is 8 of 21 not measured
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled 2 of 10 not measured
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending 11 of 21 not measured
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 8 of 166 73 of 166
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 7 of 200 63 of 200
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality not measured 104 of 189
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers not measured 128 of 153
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 12 of 25 6 of 25

From our research

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureMuse WonderInkling Small
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per game · Bullet 60sUS dollars, lower is better 29 · 16 of 30 measured $0.0663minimal reasoning $0.0075no reasoning
Ladder Elo · Bullet 60sladder Elo, higher is better 19 · 11 of 30 measured 409minimal reasoning 529no reasoning
Games lost on time · Bullet 60s% of games, lower is better 23 · 1 of 30 measured 58.3%minimal reasoning 0.0%no reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 6 · 71 of 244 measured 52.4max reasoning 25.7
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 9 · 68 of 243 measured 50.1%max reasoning 33.3%
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 7 · 53 of 113 measured 52.0%max reasoning 1.0%
Show all 12 results (6 more)
MeasureMuse WonderInkling Small
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 2 results
Invalid moves · Bullet 60s% of moves, lower is better 1 · 30 of 30 measured 0.0%minimal reasoning 7.2%no reasoning
Median move time · Bullet 60smilliseconds, lower is better 25 · 7 of 30 measured 1.9 sminimal reasoning 0.6 sno reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 4 results
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 33 · 77 of 234 measured 80.7%max reasoning 75.7%
Output speedtokens per second, higher is better 31 · 13 of 73 measured 117max reasoning 186
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 7 · 51 of 114 measured 60.3%max reasoning 49.7%
Time to first answer tokenseconds, lower is better 70 · 48 of 73 measured 48.5max reasoning 13.3

Quick answers

Is Muse Wonder better than Inkling Small?

Pick Muse Wonder if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.4 against 25.7). Pick Inkling Small if cost matters more: it costs 8.9 times less per game of bullet chess on BulletBench. Inkling Small is also faster.

Which is cheaper, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small is cheaper to run: $0.007 against $0.066 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (8.9 times less).

Which is faster, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small writes about 186 tokens a second on its usual API, against 117 for Muse Wonder (Artificial Analysis).

Which is better for agents and tool use, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?

Muse Wonder ranks 8 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 73 for Inkling Small.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?

Muse Wonder ranks 7 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 63 for Inkling Small.

Which is better for speed under pressure, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?

Inkling Small ranks 6 of 25 models on sale for good decisions against a real clock (fast chess), against 12 for Muse Wonder.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Wonder or Inkling Small?

Muse Wonder: 1,048,576 tokens, against 524,288 for Inkling Small.

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