In short
How they differ.
Worked out from the figures below. Prices and specs are the makers' own, read Oct 20, 2026.
- Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper per output token: $4.25 against $10 per million tokens, so Claude Sonnet 5.5 costs 2.4 times as much.
- Muse Spark 1.3 reads more at once: a context window of 1M tokens against 1M.
- On the 6 independent boards that rank both, Claude Sonnet 5.5 places higher on 5 and Muse Spark 1.3 on 1.
Side by side
The specs.
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Muse Spark 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Anthropic · US | Meta · US |
| Released | Sep 28, 2026 | Not stated |
| Price per 1M tokens | $2 in / $10 out | $1.25 in / $4.25 out |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Takes in | text, image | text, image, video, audio, pdf |
| Download and run it yourself | No | No |
| Size | Not published | Not published |
| Maker says | “High-performance model for coding and agents” | “Muse Spark 1.3 is trained for agentic workflows and optimized for competitive coding performance.” |
| Sources | Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description | Prices, Oct 20, 2026 · Description |
Independent tests
Where they place.
Position on each board we follow (1 is best). Epoch AI's and Vectara's scores are shown; the other boards are linked for their own figures.
| Board | Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026 | #6164.45 | #22156.76 |
| LMArena textLMArena, Oct 15, 2026 | Not listed | #10 |
| LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026 | Not listed | #15 |
| LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026 | #3 | #14 |
| LMArena mathLMArena, Oct 15, 2026 | #15 | #11 |
| LMArena visionLMArena, Oct 19, 2026 | Not listed | #13 |
| LMArena documentsLMArena, Sep 13, 2026 | Not listed | #15 |
| LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026 | #5 | #16 |
| Humanity's Last ExamScale AI | #6 | #12 |
| SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026 | #8 | Not listed |
| Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026 | #1 | Not listed |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0Vals AI, Oct 19, 2026 | #2 | Not listed |
| Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026 | #1 | #14 |
| ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026 | #1 | Not listed |
| CUA-bench (games)Vals AI, Oct 13, 2026 | Not listed | #7 |
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