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Mercury 3 vs Muse Wonder

Muse Wonder leads the LLM Stats Score 49.3 to 36.1.

Inception · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Muse Wonder leads the overall LLM Stats Score 49.3 to 36.1, ranking #24 overall.

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

Choose Mercury 3

  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Muse Wonder

  • overall performance matters — it scores 49.3 and ranks #24 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes agents — it leads those capability indexes

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Mercury 3
Inception
Muse Wonder
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
36.1
#98
49.3
#24
Reasoning
34.8
#103
37.8
#82
Coding
21.5
#105
38.4
#21
Agents
19.4
#84
37.2
#17
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
$0.10 / M
— / M
Output price
$0.35 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
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Individual benchmarks

12 reported for Mercury 3 · 16 for Muse Wonder

No common benchmarks found

Mercury 3 and Muse Wonderdon'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 Mercury 3 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Mercury 3 specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Inception
Mercury 3
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Meta
Muse Wonder
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Wed Oct 21 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Muse Wonder supports multimodal inputs, whereas Mercury 3 does not.

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

Mercury 3

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Muse Wonder

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.

Mercury 3

Proprietary

Closed source

Muse Wonder

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Mercury 3 was released on 2026-10-19, while Muse Wonder was released on 2026-10-12.

Mercury 3 is 0 month newer than Muse Wonder.

Mercury 3

Oct 19, 2026

1 days ago

1w newer
Muse Wonder

Oct 12, 2026

1 weeks ago

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 Mercury 3 and Muse Wonder side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Mercury 3
✓ Preferred
Muse Wonder
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Mercury 3 vs Muse Wonder.

Which is better, Mercury 3 or Muse Wonder?

Muse Wonder leads the LLM Stats Score 49.3 to 36.1. Mercury 3 is made by Inception and Muse Wonder is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Mercury 3 compare to Muse Wonder in benchmarks?

Mercury 3 scores GPQA: 89.2%, AA-LCR: 77.7%, IFBench: 76.8%, MRCR v2: 75.5%, DeepSearchQA: 71.3%. Muse Wonder scores MemoryBench: 85.6%, DeepSWE 1.1: 78.8%, OSWorld 2.1 (partial): 72.6%, JobBench: 70.5%, HealthBench Professional: 60.5%.

What are the context window sizes for Mercury 3 and Muse Wonder?

Mercury 3 supports 1.0M tokens and Muse Wonder supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Mercury 3 and Muse Wonder?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (36.1 vs 49.3), multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Mercury 3 and Muse Wonder?

Mercury 3 is developed by Inception and Muse Wonder is developed by Meta.

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