In short
How they differ.
Worked out from the figures below. Prices and specs are the makers' own, read Oct 20, 2026.
- Both can be downloaded and run on your own machine.
- No independent board we follow ranks both models yet.
Side by side
The specs.
| MiniMax-M3 | Muse Spark Open | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | MiniMax · China | Meta · US |
| Released | Not stated | Oct 15, 2026 |
| Price per 1M tokens | $0.30 in / $1.20 out | Free to download; hosts set prices |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Takes in | text | text, image, video, audio |
| Download and run it yourself | Yes (minimax-community (license tag shown on Hugging Face)) | Yes (Muse Model License) |
| Size | ~428B parameters, ~23B active | 816B parameters, 42B active |
| Maker says | “MiniMax-M3 is a native multimodal model with 1M context.” | “The most capable US open-weight model to date. Build your way, anywhere.” |
| 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.
More comparisons