DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Muse Spark Open
Updated October 21, 2026. 17 benchmarks have a result for both. Coding is ranked on the Vibe Coding Index; every other board is shown as published.
Decision reading
Pick Muse Spark Open for coding: it scores 62.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 54.6 for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813.
Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 when output tokens cost 2.1x less, or when what matters is LMArena WebDev or Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 17
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only
- 61
- Muse Spark Open only
- 9
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results only one model has describe coverage, not superiority.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, four public coding benchmarks
Muse Spark Open
Muse Spark Open scores 62.1 against 54.6.
1 and 2 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 36.0.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a AA Agentic Index result, 41.3.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a GPQA Diamond result, 92.4%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a MMLU Pro result, 87.0%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Muse Spark Open has a Design Arena: websites result, 1311.
Directional only
General
Vals Index
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has a Vals Index result, 53.0%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
No call
Both take 1.05M tokens.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $0.0016, Muse Spark Open $0.0034 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 has the number, $0.10.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 54.6 from 1 benchmark, Muse Spark Open 62.1 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 9.6 points apart on average over 8 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Code migration (Vals AI): DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 41.5% against Muse Spark Open 21.2%, 20.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 $1.98 against Muse Spark Open $4.25 per million output tokens, 2.1x apart.
- Context window
- Both take 1.05M tokens.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Bars | Muse Spark Open | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 6 | 2 | ||
| Intelligence | 1 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 3 | 2 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 1 | ||
| General | 1 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 12 | 5 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index62
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 73.6% | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1582 | 1528 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| AA Coding Index | 68.8 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 87.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 96.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 14.1% | 6.6% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 82.3% | 76.2% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 41.5% | 21.2% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 51.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 54.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI) | 17.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 53.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 72.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SciCode | 51.0% | 58.4% | Muse Spark Open |
| FrontierCode | 28.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| WeirdML | 66.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ALE-Bench | 1403.2 | 1590.1 | Muse Spark Open |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1469 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1462 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1588 | 1529 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1566 | 1495 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 36.0 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.6 | 155.1 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index32
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 41.3 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 80.3% | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 36.0% | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 18.9% | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 1.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 50.4% | 61.3% | Muse Spark Open |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 26.8% | 26.3% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 40.9% | 38.5% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 10.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 52.8% | 53.7% | Muse Spark Open |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 4.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 47.3% | 33.4% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 92.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 73.7% | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 92.8% | 89.0% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 41.0% | 43.9% | Muse Spark Open |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 91.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 90.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 46.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | 43.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1458 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1459 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1463 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 98.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 64.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 26.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| ProofBench | 50.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1441 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1443 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 87.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 82.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 65.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 73.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 42.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 52.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1457 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1446 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1459 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1442 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index3 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1311 | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1290 | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 53.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 60.2% | Only Muse Spark Open measured |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 80.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.3% | 78.3% | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 |
| DTBench | 93.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMCA | 45.5% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1446 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1448 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1439 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1457 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1431 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1481 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1449 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1446 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1435 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1448 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1454 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1458 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1443 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1424 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Muse Spark Open | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 | Meta Muse Spark Open |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Meta |
| Weights | Open weights | Open weights |
| Released | August 12, 2026 | October 15, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.66 | $1.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $1.98 | $4.25 |
| Coding index | 54.6 | 62.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 1 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.10 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 better than Muse Spark Open for coding?
Pick Muse Spark Open for coding: it scores 62.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 54.6 for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813. Pick DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 when output tokens cost 2.1x less, or when what matters is LMArena WebDev or Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Muse Spark Open?
DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 costs $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Muse Spark Open costs $1.25 and $4.25. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 only.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 or Muse Spark Open?
Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 vs Muse Spark Open comparison based on?
17 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813's coding index rests on 1 independent benchmark and Muse Spark Open's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.