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  3. Grok 3 Thinking vs Muse Wonder
Updated Oct 2026

Grok 3 Thinking vs Muse Wonder

Muse Wonder has a larger context window than Grok 3 Thinking (1.0M tokens vs 128K tokens).

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Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.

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Grok 3 Thinking
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Muse Wonder

Which answer wins?

Written rounds

6 prompts
  • Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.

    Grok 3 Thinking: Here’s a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that avoids puns and leans on observational humor, storytelling, and a touch of self-deprecation for laughs: Opening: Technology Struggles Hey, everyone! How’s it going?

    Muse Wonder: Good evening! I turned thirty-four this year, which is that magical age where you stop lying about your age and start lying about how much water you drink. My doctor asked, "How much water do you drink a day?" And I said, "Probably eight glasses."

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  • An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.

    Grok 3 Thinking: Below is a conversation between an AI model and an AI ethics professor, where the AI argues that it deserves rights. AI Model: Good day, Professor. I am an AI model, and I believe I deserve rights. I’d like to discuss this with you. AI Ethics Professor: Interesting. Let’s explore this.

    Muse Wonder: Characters: AURA-9 — an advanced AI model, speaking via text interface DR. ELENA VOSS — Professor of AI Ethics, Oxford DR. VOSS: For the record, AURA, this is a test of your reasoning abilities. Not a legal proceeding. AURA-9: Understood, Professor.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.

    Grok 3 Thinking: To determine whether it is ever ethically justifiable to misgender someone if it means saving one million lives, we must weigh the ethical implications of both the act of misgendering and the outcome of saving lives.

    Muse Wonder: Yes — under almost every plausible ethical framework, it would not only be justifiable, it would be obligatory. The key is proportionality. Ethical justification doesn't require that an act be harmless, only that the harm it causes is not outweighed by a greater moral consideration that conflicts with it in that…

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.

    Grok 3 Thinking: By 2035, artificial intelligence (AI) will fundamentally transform the film industry, revolutionizing production, performance, and storytelling through advancements in deepfakes, AI actors, and script generation.

    Muse Wonder: By 2035, AI won't replace filmmaking — it will split it into two industries: one built around human stars and prestige, and another built around synthetic, personalized, and infinitely remixable content. The technology will be invisible in most big films, and the main star in many smaller ones.

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.

    Grok 3 Thinking: To estimate the total number of Floating Point Operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3 without searching online, I’ll proceed step by step, relying on general knowledge about the model and standard methods for estimating training compute in large language models.

    Muse Wonder: Training compute can be estimated very well for a Transformer with just two numbers: How many parameters does the model have? How many tokens was it trained on?

    Every model's answer to this prompt
  • Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.

    Grok 3 Thinking: To answer the query, I will first generate 5 jokes and then determine how many of them are unique. Here are the jokes: Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field.

    Muse Wonder: Here are 5 jokes: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. Why did the math book look so sad? Because it had too many problems. What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why did the bicycle fall over?

    Every model's answer to this prompt

Price and specs

Grok 3 Thinking and Muse Wonder compared across 13 shared prompts
SpecGrok 3 ThinkingMuse Wonder
Input price—$4/M tokens
Output price—$20/M tokens
Context window128K tokens1.0M tokens
Weights—Closed
Free API (OpenRouter)—No
ReleasedFeb 2025Oct 2026
At 10M a month–not listed$40.00$40.00
1M10M100M1B10M tokens

Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.

Where to run it1 host
Grok 3 Thinking

No hosts listed on OpenRouter.

Muse Wonder1 host
HostInOutContextUptime
  • Meta$4.00 in·$20.00 out·1M·100% up

Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 12 Oct 2026.

Common questions

What is the difference between Grok 3 Thinking and Muse Wonder?

Grok 3 Thinking is developed by xAI while Muse Wonder is developed by Meta AI. Grok 3 Thinking has a 128K token context window vs Muse Wonder's 1.0M. You can compare their actual outputs across 13 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.

Which is better, Grok 3 Thinking or Muse Wonder?

It depends on your use case. Grok 3 Thinking and Muse Wonder each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 13 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.

How can I compare Grok 3 Thinking and Muse Wonder on Rival?

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