Llama 4 Maverick vs Muse Spark 1.2
Updated October 21, 2026. 56 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 1.2 for coding: it scores 65.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick.
Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 6.5x less.
- Shared results
- 56
- Llama 4 Maverick only
- 28
- Muse Spark 1.2 only
- 41
- Like-for-like categories
- 8 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 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 scores 65.1 against 18.1.
2 benchmarks behind each score
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 39.6 against 9.3.
Same board, both measured
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 43.2 against 0.6.
Same board, both measured
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a GPQA Diamond result, 69.4%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Llama 4 Maverick has a AIME result, 25.2%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 88.3% against 79.4%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 1313 against 871.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 takes 1.05M tokens against 524K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick
Llama 4 Maverick $0.0005, Muse Spark 1.2 $0.0034 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Muse Spark 1.2
Llama 4 Maverick $1.491, Muse Spark 1.2 $0.64.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Llama 4 Maverick 18.1 from 2 benchmarks, Muse Spark 1.2 65.1 from 2 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Web design, 54.0 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Design Arena: game dev: Llama 4 Maverick 838 against Muse Spark 1.2 1302, 58.0 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Llama 4 Maverick $0.6525 against Muse Spark 1.2 $4.25 per million output tokens, 6.5x apart.
- Context window
- Llama 4 Maverick takes 524K 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 | Llama 4 Maverick | Bars | Muse Spark 1.2 | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 5 | ||
| Intelligence | 0 | 2 | ||
| Agentic work | 0 | 1 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 8 | ||
| Math | 0 | 2 | ||
| Knowledge | 0 | 10 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 6 | ||
| General | 0 | 22 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 56 |
CodingLike-for-likeFour of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index05
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aider polyglot | 15.6% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SWE-bench Verified | 21.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 78.2% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1534 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| AA Coding Index | 16.3 | 72.2 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 47.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 6.1% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 29.9% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 21.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.7% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 53.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 39.7% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SciCode | 31.7% | 57.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 6.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 12.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| WeirdML | 24.5% | 60.3% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| ALE-Bench | 173.0 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1301 | 1505 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1299 | 1505 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1526 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1543 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 9.3 | 39.6 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 132.2 | 155.1 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 0.6 | 43.2 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1222 | 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 | 1182 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | Not measured | 1228 | 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 | 1135 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1198 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 67.7% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 36.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 21.3% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 60.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 32.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 57.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 64.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 17.8% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 45.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index08
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 69.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 90.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 71.7% | 86.1% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 67.1% | 90.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 4.9% | 45.5% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| ARC-AGI | 4.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SimpleBench | 27.7% | 74.5% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 27.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1281 | 1489 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1259 | 1475 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1295 | 1487 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1134 | 1317 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: homework | 1164 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 25.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MATH 500 (Vals AI) | 85.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 92.4% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AA Math Index | 19.3 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 19.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 43.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1299 | 1484 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1295 | 1480 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 5 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index010
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 79.4% | 88.3% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 77.8% | 85.3% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 49.7% | 70.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 66.6% | 80.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 58.5% | 65.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 43.3% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 36.5% | 49.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 80.9% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | Not measured | 60.3% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| GeoBench | 52.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1288 | 1500 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1275 | 1496 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1286 | 1517 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1260 | 1484 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 3 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index06
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 871 | 1313 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 899 | 1300 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 838 | 1302 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 882 | 1334 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 901 | 1301 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 880 | 1313 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1285 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1284 | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 67.1% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index022
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | Muse Spark 1.2 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 76.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 68.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 35.7% | 47.7% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 54.2% | 90.1% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | Not measured | 69.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| IFBench | 43.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 50.0% | 79.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| DTBench | 61.9% | 94.7% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMCA | 15.9% | 48.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 46.2% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Creative writing (Lech Mazur) | 62.0% | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1482 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1267 | 1462 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1266 | 1436 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision | 1142 | 1304 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: English | 1303 | 1483 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1269 | 1476 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1277 | 1509 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: German | 1291 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1206 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1203 | 1462 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1259 | 1495 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1293 | 1484 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1286 | 1483 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1275 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1289 | 1502 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1280 | 1473 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1277 | 1453 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1250 | 1443 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1150 | 1291 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | 1141 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1143 | 1313 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: humor | 1100 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | 1099 | Not measured | Only Llama 4 Maverick measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Llama 4 Maverick | 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
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Llama 4 Maverick 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 | Meta Llama 4 Maverick | Meta Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | Meta |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 5, 2025 | August 5, 2026 |
| Context window | 524K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.1875 | $1.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.6525 | $4.25 |
| Coding index | 18.1 | 65.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 2 | 2 |
| Cost per solved task | $1.491 | $0.64 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Llama 4 Maverick better than Muse Spark 1.2 for coding?
Pick Muse Spark 1.2 for coding: it scores 65.1 on the Vibe Coding Index against 18.1 for Llama 4 Maverick. Pick Llama 4 Maverick when output tokens cost 6.5x less.
Which is cheaper, Llama 4 Maverick or Muse Spark 1.2?
Llama 4 Maverick costs $0.1875 per million input tokens and $0.6525 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 costs $1.25 and $4.25. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Llama 4 Maverick costs $1.491 and Muse Spark 1.2 $0.64.
Which has the bigger context window, Llama 4 Maverick or Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2, with 1.05M tokens against 524K.
How many benchmarks is the Llama 4 Maverick vs Muse Spark 1.2 comparison based on?
56 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 21, 2026. Llama 4 Maverick's coding index rests on 2 independent benchmarks and Muse Spark 1.2's on 2. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.