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Grok-1.5 vs Muse Ember

Muse Ember leads the LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -3.2.

xAI · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Muse Ember leads the overall LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -3.2, ranking #47 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Grok-1.5

  • you are already invested in the xAI ecosystem

Choose Muse Ember

  • overall performance matters — it scores 45.9 and ranks #47 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Core performance indexes
-3.2
#387
45.9
#47
-2.8
#378
48.1
#24
-1.0
#288
27.3
#85
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.50 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Grok-1.5
Muse Ember
-5.5#236
23.4#78
-2.9#189
23.6#74
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

9 reported for Grok-1.5 · 6 for Muse Ember

No common benchmarks found

Grok-1.5 and Muse Emberdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Muse Ember specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Muse Ember specifies output context (524,288 tokens).

xAI
Grok-1.5
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Muse Ember
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output524,288 tokens
Thu Nov 12 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Muse Ember supports multimodal inputs, whereas Grok-1.5 does not.

Muse Ember can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Grok-1.5

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Muse Ember

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Grok-1.5

Proprietary

Closed source

Muse Ember

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok-1.5 was released on 2024-03-28, while Muse Ember was released on 2026-11-09.

Muse Ember is 32 months newer than Grok-1.5.

Grok-1.5

Mar 28, 2024

2.6 years ago

Muse Ember

Nov 9, 2026

3 days ago

2.6yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Grok-1.5 and Muse Ember side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Grok-1.5
✓ Preferred
Muse Ember
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Grok-1.5 vs Muse Ember.

Which is better, Grok-1.5 or Muse Ember?

Muse Ember leads the LLM Stats Score 45.9 to -3.2. Grok-1.5 is made by xAI and Muse Ember is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Grok-1.5 compare to Muse Ember in benchmarks?

Grok-1.5 scores GSM8k: 90.0%, DocVQA: 85.6%, MMLU: 81.3%, HumanEval: 74.1%, MMMU: 53.6%. Muse Ember scores PerceptionBench: 80.6%, OSWorld 2.1 (partial): 69.5%, Agents' Last Exam: 61.6%, Personal Superintelligence Index: 46.8%, Terminal-Bench 4.0: 40.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Grok-1.5 and Muse Ember?

Grok-1.5 supports an unknown number of tokens and Muse Ember supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Grok-1.5 and Muse Ember?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (-3.2 vs 45.9), multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Grok-1.5 and Muse Ember?

Grok-1.5 is developed by xAI and Muse Ember is developed by Meta.