Claude Code vs. Muse Code

Comparison between Claude Code and Muse Code across the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, including benchmark scores, cost, execution time, and token usage.

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Coding Agent Index

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v2.0 · Higher is better

Time per Task

Average agent wall time per task · Lower is better

Cost per Task

Average API cost per task (USD) · Lower is better

Comparison

Side-by-side comparison of Claude Code and Muse Code.

Coding Agent Comparison

Metric
Claude Code
Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
Muse Code
Muse Wonder Full (Max)
Analysis
Agent Harness
Claude Code
Muse Code
Representative Model
Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
Muse Wonder Full (Max)
Coding Agent Index
62
59
Claude Code has a higher Coding Agent Index than Muse Code
FrontierCode v1.1
56%
49%
Claude Code has a higher FrontierCode v1.1 score than Muse Code
Terminal-Bench 4.0
63%
59%
Claude Code has a higher Terminal-Bench 4.0 score than Muse Code
SWE-Atlas-QnA-AA
66%
69%
Muse Code has a higher SWE-Atlas-QnA-AA score than Claude Code
Cost per Task
$11.42
$0.00
Comparison not available
Time per Task
1.0h
34.9m
Muse Code has a lower time per task than Claude Code
Turns per Task
146.4
194.9
Claude Code has a lower turns per task than Muse Code
Token Usage per Task
14.5M
14.5M
Muse Code has a lower token usage per task than Claude Code
Cache Hit Rate
95%
96%
Muse Code has a higher cache hit rate than Claude Code

Model Variants

Evaluated model variants for Claude Code and Muse Code.

Model Variants

Claude Code
Claude Opus 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
max
62
56%
63%
66%
$11.42
1.0h
14.5M
Claude Code
Claude Sonnet 5.5 (Max, Default Fallback)
max
59
48%
66%
64%
$13.30
1.3h
24.1M
Claude Code
Claude Fable 5.1 (Max, Default Fallback)
max
58
49%
58%
66%
$11.53
35.3m
6M
Claude Code
Step 5 Preview
reasoning
43
40%
30%
59%
$1.84
1.0h
22.1M
Claude Code
Qwen3.8 Max
reasoning
39
45%
17%
56%
$3.80
1.3h
9.2M
Claude Code
Claude Haiku 5.5 (Max)
max
37
47%
31%
34%
$2.67
1.2h
16.1M
Muse Code
Muse Wonder Full (Max)
max
59
49%
59%
69%
$0.00
34.9m
14.5M
Muse Code
Muse Wonder (Max)
max
52
46%
48%
62%
$8.05
24.5m
14.5M
Muse Code
Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)
max
46
47%
32%
59%
$3.91
23.3m
17.8M
Muse Code
Muse Spark Open (Xhigh)
xhigh
26
23%
6%
51%
$3.54
26.0m
13.3M

Performance

Performance across the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index.

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index v2.0 incorporates 3 benchmarks: FrontierCode v1.1, Terminal-Bench 4.0, and SWE-Atlas-QnA-AA · Higher is better
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Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index vs. Cost per Task

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index vs. average pay-per-token API cost per task (USD)
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Token Usage

Token consumption across the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index.

Token Usage per Task

Average input, cache, and output tokens per task
Prompt cache hit rates can vary significantly by provider routing, which can materially change effective cost.

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index vs. Total Tokens

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index vs. average total tokens per task
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Cost

Pay-per-token API cost across the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index, based on current per-token pricing.

Cost per Task

Average pay-per-token API cost per task (USD) · Lower is better
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Execution Time

Active agent runtime across the Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index.

Time per Task

Average agent wall time per task · Lower is better
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Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index vs. Execution Time

Artificial Analysis Coding Agent Index vs. average agent wall time per task
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