Our Smallest, Most Efficient Model: Muse Ember
A new AI model called Muse Ember has been released, claiming to offer superior intelligence-to-cost efficiency compared to competitors like Claude Haiku 5.5 and GPT-6 Luna. The model is now available via the Meta Model API at a competitive price point.
Why it matters
The rapid advancement and falling costs of small, efficient AI models are accelerating the integration of high-performance reasoning into consumer and enterprise applications.
Muse Ember delivers more intelligence per dollar than Claude Haiku 5.5 or GPT-6 Luna at any reasoning setting: it matches Haiku's best score at about a third of the cost and beats every Luna setting. It also sits on the efficiency frontier of the full Artificial Analysis leaderboard: no model scores higher for less per task.
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index against cost per task at each reasoning effort, from the raw Artificial Analysis results. Muse Ember costs are estimates at proposed pricing.
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