Head-to-head comparison
Muse Wonder (Meta) and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent (xAI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.
Snapshot as of 14 October 2026
As of 14 October 2026, Muse Wonder holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#2 vs #21); Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is 8× cheaper per output token ($2.50/1M vs $20.00/1M); and Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent offers the longer context window (2M vs 1M tokens).
Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.
Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.
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Muse Wonder ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 14 October 2026: #2 against #21. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals overlap, so the rank difference alone does not establish a reliable capability advantage for your workload.
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent is cheaper on output tokens: $2.50/1M against $20.00/1M. Input tokens are $4.00/1M for Muse Wonder and $1.25/1M for Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens. For 1,000 requests with 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each (2M input + 0.5M output), the listed-rate estimate is $18.00 for Muse Wonder versus $3.75 for Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent costs 79.2% less in this scenario. This excludes caching, batch discounts, prompt-length tiers, tool charges and retries; verify the selected endpoint before budgeting.
Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent has the larger context window: 2M tokens against 1M. OpenRouter catalogue or provider-endpoint declaration. Limits can vary by provider and prompt length; a model-wide maximum has not been independently verified.
Arena coding: Muse Wonder 1558, Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent 1508 — Muse Wonder leads.
Muse Wonder: No linked weights. Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent: No linked weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence. A missing weight link does not identify every API or chat product that offers a model.
ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Muse Wonder and 1 for Grok 4.20 Multi-Agent, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.
Every figure and ModelCap Index position comes from the same published snapshot dated 14 October 2026. Publication and page updates happen separately; use the snapshot date shown on the page.