Performance Benchmarks for Muse Ember (Max)

Analyze how Muse Ember (Max) stacks up against other frontier models in terms of cost-to-performance and raw intelligence (LMArena Elo).

2026 Performance Summary

🚀 Intelligence (Elo): 1608
💰 API Cost (Input): $1e-7 / 1M tokens
⚡ API Cost (Output): $5e-7 / 1M tokens
⏱️ Real-world Throughput: 173 tokens/s

Analysis: While Muse Ember (Max) is a capable model, it is currently outperformed in efficiency by GPT-6.1 Terra (Max). GPT-6.1 Terra (Max) sits higher on the Pareto line, offering approximately 71 points more intelligence (Elo) for a comparable or lower API cost.

Highly Recommended Alternatives

Frontier Model	LMArena Elo	API Cost (1M)	Throughput
GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)	1679	$0.000001	38
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20261017 (Max)	1664	$6e-9	162
GLM-5.2 (Max)	1475	$6e-9	136

*These models represent the Pareto Frontier (optimal cost-to-performance).*