Grok 4.7 vs Muse Spark 1.2
Grok 4.7 leads Muse Spark 1.2 on coding, 66.7 to 55.7 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Muse Spark 1.2 costs 1.4x less per output token ($4.25 vs $6.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 75 benchmarks have a result for both.
Grok 4.7 or Muse Spark 1.2: which to pick
Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 55.7 for Muse Spark 1.2.
Pick Muse Spark 1.2 for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($4.25 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).
- Shared results
- 75
- Grok 4.7 only
- 24
- Muse Spark 1.2 only
- 22
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
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, six public coding benchmarks
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 scores 66.7 against 55.7.
5 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Grok 4.7
Grok 4.7 leads, 46.4 against 39.6.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Muse Spark 1.2 has a AA Agentic Index result, 43.2.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only Muse Spark 1.2 has a MMLU Pro result, 88.3%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 1312 against 1255.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Grok 4.7 has a Vals Index result, 58.6%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 takes 1.05M tokens against 500K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Muse Spark 1.2
Grok 4.7 $0.0050, Muse Spark 1.2 $0.0034 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only Muse Spark 1.2 has the number, $0.64.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- Grok 4.7 66.7 from 5 benchmarks, Muse Spark 1.2 55.7 from 5 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Math, 12.1 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- IOI (Vals AI): Grok 4.7 57.7% against Muse Spark 1.2 21.8%, 35.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Grok 4.7 $6.00 against Muse Spark 1.2 $4.25 per million output tokens, 1.4x apart.
- Context window
- Grok 4.7 takes 500K tokens, Muse Spark 1.2 1.05M.
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 | Grok 4.7 | Bars | Muse Spark 1.2 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 11 | 3 | 1 tie | |
| Intelligence | 1 | 1 | ||
| Agentic work | 9 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 1 | 6 | ||
| Math | 0 | 3 | ||
| Knowledge | 1 | 6 | ||
| Web design | 2 | 5 | ||
| General | 4 | 20 | ||
| All shared boards | 29 | 45 | 1 tie |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index113
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 84.5% | 78.2% | Grok 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1637 | 1534 | Grok 4.7 |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 72.2 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 28.8% | 6.1% | Grok 4.7 |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 86.2% | 79.1% | Grok 4.7 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 44.8% | 29.9% | Grok 4.7 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | 0.5% | Tie |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 57.7% | 21.8% | Grok 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 73.4% | 69.7% | Grok 4.7 |
| SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI) | 42.9% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 69.5% | 69.5% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| SciCode | 57.8% | 57.4% | Grok 4.7 |
| FrontierCode | 47.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierSWE | 29.5% | 12.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| WeirdML | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1432 | 1505 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1421 | 1505 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1663 | 1526 | Grok 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1627 | 1543 | Grok 4.7 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | 1586 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 46.4 | 39.6 | Grok 4.7 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.4 | 155.1 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index91
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 43.2 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1221 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1210 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1181 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1222 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | Not measured | 1179 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | Not measured | 1085 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1172 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench research | 86.4% | 67.7% | Grok 4.7 |
| LiveBench browser | 60.0% | 36.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| LiveBench long agentic | 50.1% | 21.3% | Grok 4.7 |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 3.8% | 0.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 52.3% | 60.6% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 34.2% | 32.8% | Grok 4.7 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 47.1% | 43.8% | Grok 4.7 |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | 18.3% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 67.0% | 57.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 69.3% | 64.8% | Grok 4.7 |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | 10.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Vals Science Index | 34.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Robo-bench (Vals AI) | 0.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 54.6% | 45.4% | Grok 4.7 |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $10,537 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index16
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | 82.7% | 90.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | 25.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.1% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 90.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 43.1% | 45.5% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | 92.7% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI | 90.2% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 61.4% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| SimpleBench | Not measured | 74.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 41.0% | 27.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| Mystery game puzzles | 29.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1415 | 1489 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1439 | 1475 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1427 | 1487 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1254 | 1317 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1309 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | 98.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | 53.0% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | 17.1% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| ProofBench | 26.0% | 43.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: math | 1414 | 1484 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1435 | 1480 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index16
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | Not measured | 88.3% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 84.4% | 85.3% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | Not measured | 70.9% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | Not measured | 80.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | Not measured | 65.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 49.5% | 49.4% | Grok 4.7 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 56.0% | 60.3% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1419 | 1500 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1395 | 1496 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1423 | 1517 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1389 | 1484 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index25
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1255 | 1312 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1275 | 1298 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1314 | 1301 | Grok 4.7 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1238 | 1334 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1274 | 1301 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1273 | 1312 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1284 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1284 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench design | 78.0% | 67.1% | Grok 4.7 |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index420
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | 58.6% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | 76.9% | 76.5% | Grok 4.7 |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 65.6% | 68.5% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 40.8% | 47.7% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 89.4% | 90.1% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 69.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 80.0% | 79.0% | Grok 4.7 |
| DTBench | 96.0% | 94.7% | Grok 4.7 |
| LMCA | 49.4% | 48.4% | Grok 4.7 |
| Furniture assembly | 20.8% | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1399 | 1482 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1406 | 1462 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1381 | 1436 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision | 1231 | 1304 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1411 | 1483 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1386 | 1476 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1449 | 1509 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1366 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1359 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1383 | 1462 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1431 | 1495 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1406 | 1484 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1399 | 1483 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1420 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1394 | 1502 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1416 | 1473 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1394 | 1453 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1376 | 1443 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1229 | 1291 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1250 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1241 | 1313 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1217 | Not measured | Only Grok 4.7 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | Muse Spark 1.2 | 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
Muse Spark 1.2 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Muse Spark 1.2 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Muse Spark 1.2 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 | SpaceXAI Grok 4.7 | Meta Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | xAI | Meta |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | September 21, 2026 | August 5, 2026 |
| Context window | 500K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $2.00 | $1.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $6.00 | $4.25 |
| Coding index | 66.7 | 55.7 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 5 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | $0.64 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Grok 4.7 better than Muse Spark 1.2 for coding?
Pick Grok 4.7 for coding: it scores 66.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 55.7 for Muse Spark 1.2. Pick Muse Spark 1.2 for output tokens 1.4x cheaper ($4.25 vs $6.00 per million) and a larger context window (1.05M against 500K tokens).
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.7 or Muse Spark 1.2?
Grok 4.7 costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $6.00 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 costs $1.25 and $4.25. Cost per solved task is known for Muse Spark 1.2 only.
Which has the bigger context window, Grok 4.7 or Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2, with 1.05M tokens against 500K.
How many benchmarks is the Grok 4.7 vs Muse Spark 1.2 comparison based on?
75 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Grok 4.7's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Muse Spark 1.2's on 5. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.