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GPT-6.1 Sol vs Muse Spark 1.3

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol and Meta's Muse Spark 1.3, side by side: what each costs, how much it can read at once, whether you can run it yourself, and where independent tests place it.

  • Muse Spark 1.3cheaper per output token
  • 1Mcontext window, GPT-6.1 Sol
  • 6–0higher placings on boards ranking both
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 GPT-6.1 Sol costs 2.4 times as much.
  • GPT-6.1 Sol reads more at once: a context window of 1M tokens against 1M.
  • On the 6 independent boards that rank both, GPT-6.1 Sol places higher on 6 and Muse Spark 1.3 on 0.
Side by side

The specs.

GPT-6.1 SolMuse Spark 1.3
Made byOpenAI · USMeta · US
ReleasedSep 29, 2026Not stated
Price per 1M tokens$2 in / $10 out$1.25 in / $4.25 out
Context window1M1M
Takes intext, imagetext, image, video, audio, pdf
Download and run it yourselfNoNo
SizeNot publishedNot published
Maker says“Near-Astra performance for complex work at a lower cost.”“Muse Spark 1.3 is trained for agentic workflows and optimized for competitive coding performance.”
SourcesPrices, Oct 20, 2026 · DescriptionPrices, 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.

BoardGPT-6.1 SolMuse Spark 1.3
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026#3166.32#22156.76
LMArena textLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not listed#10
LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026#10#15
LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#4#14
LMArena mathLMArena, Oct 15, 2026Not listed#11
LMArena visionLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#9#13
LMArena documentsLMArena, Sep 13, 2026Not listed#15
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#4#16
Humanity's Last ExamScale AINot listed#12
SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026#7Not listed
MultiChallengeScale AI, Feb 3, 2026#1Not listed
Vals IndexVals AI, Oct 19, 2026#7Not listed
Terminal-Bench 4.0Vals AI, Oct 19, 2026#7Not listed
Vibe Code BenchVals AI, Oct 18, 2026#8#14
ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026#5Not listed
CUA-bench (games)Vals AI, Oct 13, 2026Not listed#7