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GPT-6.1 Sol vs Muse Spark Open

OpenAI's GPT-6.1 Sol and Meta's Muse Spark Open, 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.

  • —no price to compare
  • 1Mcontext window, GPT-6.1 Sol
  • 1–0higher 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.

  • GPT-6.1 Sol reads more at once: a context window of 1M tokens against 1M.
  • Muse Spark Open can be downloaded and run on your own machine; GPT-6.1 Sol can't.
  • On the 1 independent board that rank both, GPT-6.1 Sol places higher on 1 and Muse Spark Open on 0.
Side by side

The specs.

GPT-6.1 SolMuse Spark Open
Made byOpenAI · USMeta · US
ReleasedSep 29, 2026Oct 15, 2026
Price per 1M tokens$2 in / $10 outFree to download; hosts set prices
Context window1M1M
Takes intext, imagetext, image, video, audio
Download and run it yourselfNoYes (Muse Model License)
SizeNot published816B parameters, 42B active
Maker says“Near-Astra performance for complex work at a lower cost.”“The most capable US open-weight model to date. Build your way, anywhere.”
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 Open
Epoch Capabilities IndexEpoch AI, Oct 20, 2026#3166.32Not listed
LMArena coding chatsLMArena, Oct 15, 2026#10Not listed
LMArena WebDevLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#4Not listed
LMArena visionLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#9Not listed
LMArena Agent ArenaLMArena, Oct 19, 2026#4Not listed
Humanity's Last ExamScale AINot listed#11
SWE-Bench ProScale AI, Sep 22, 2026#7#11
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#8Not listed
ProofBenchVals AI, Oct 12, 2026#5Not listed