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Muse Spark 1.1 vs MiniMax M3

Muse Spark 1.1 leads MiniMax M3 on coding, 70.3 to 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M3 costs 3.5x less per output token ($1.20 vs $4.25 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 93 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Muse Spark 1.1 Replace MiniMax M3
Muse Spark 1.1Meta
Coding
70.3
Overall
67.0
Output $/M
$4.25
81
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
39.2
Overall
51.7
Output $/M
$1.20
12
vs boards won of 93 shared

Muse Spark 1.1 or MiniMax M3: which to pick

Pick Muse Spark 1.1 for coding: it scores 70.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 3 benchmarks against 6.

Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 3.5x cheaper ($1.20 vs $4.25 per million) and work measured by AA Agentic Index or Design Arena: PowerPoint slides, where it leads.

Model AMuse Spark 1.1Meta70.3/1003 independent benchmarks$0.43 per solved taskModel BMiniMax M3MiniMax39.2/1006 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved task
Shared results
93
Muse Spark 1.1 only
11
MiniMax M3 only
24
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.

At a glance

Coding index
Muse Spark 1.1 70.3 from 3 benchmarks, MiniMax M3 39.2 from 6 benchmarks.
Widest category
Math, 12.1 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vending-Bench 2: Muse Spark 1.1 $6,520 against MiniMax M3 $2,158, 27.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Muse Spark 1.1 $4.25 against MiniMax M3 $1.20 per million output tokens, 3.5x 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMuse Spark 1.1BarsMiniMax M3Ties
Coding140
Intelligence20
Agentic work104
Reasoning82
Math30
Knowledge72
Web design80
General294
All shared boards8112
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index140
Coding benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench codingNot measured70.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev15421482Muse Spark 1.1
AA Coding Index71.358.6Muse Spark 1.1
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)85.9%82.2%Muse Spark 1.1
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)82.0%75.0%Muse Spark 1.1
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)Not measured1.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)72.2%47.6%Muse Spark 1.1
Code migration (Vals AI)31.1%19.9%Muse Spark 1.1
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.0%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)69.3%53.6%Muse Spark 1.1
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)Not measured33.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)Not measured9.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)59.2%51.5%Muse Spark 1.1
CyberBench (Vals AI)Not measured65.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SciCode58.8%47.1%Muse Spark 1.1
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured42.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
FrontierCodeNot measured14.7%Only MiniMax M3 measured
ALE-BenchNot measured640.0Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: coding14981470Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: software and IT14981466Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena WebDev: React15321478Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena WebDev: HTML15401455Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena WebDev: from an image15401470Muse Spark 1.1
SWE Atlas: Codebase QnA42.2%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
SWE Atlas: Test Writing41.5%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
AA Intelligence Index33.729.2Muse Spark 1.1
Epoch Capabilities Index154.1146.9Muse Spark 1.1
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index104
Agentic work benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
AA Agentic Index25.829.5MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building web apps12071200Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps11991197Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps11751169Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: agents building Android apps11781158Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1103Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
Design Arena: agents building games11831159Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: HTML slides11451120Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides11341178MiniMax M3
Design Arena: spreadsheets10211042MiniMax M3
LiveBench researchNot measured68.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench browserNot measured8.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench long agenticNot measured12.4%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)57.2%48.3%Muse Spark 1.1
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)Not measured20.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)38.0%29.8%Muse Spark 1.1
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)56.4%47.8%Muse Spark 1.1
Time Horizon Index (Vals AI)1.7%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured88.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
APEX-Agents31.8%37.7%MiniMax M3
OSWorld 2.0Not measured4.6%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2$6,520$2,158Muse Spark 1.1
MCP Atlas88.1%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index82
Reasoning benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
GPQA Diamond91.2%92.7%MiniMax M3
LiveBench reasoningNot measured74.5%Only MiniMax M3 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)86.6%81.2%Muse Spark 1.1
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)89.8%92.9%MiniMax M3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)46.2%39.0%Muse Spark 1.1
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured90.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SimpleBenchNot measured45.8%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Chess puzzles34.0%13.0%Muse Spark 1.1
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured8.0%Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts14851447Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: expert14781461Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14801455Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision: diagrams13051266Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision: homework12871268Muse Spark 1.1
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index30
Math benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured71.1%Only MiniMax M3 measured
ProofBench39.0%18.0%Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: math14821429Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: mathematical work14871448Muse Spark 1.1
MathArena42.5%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index72
Knowledge benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
MMLU Pro88.7%84.2%Muse Spark 1.1
LegalBench (Vals AI)85.0%85.4%MiniMax M3
CorpFin (Vals AI)71.3%68.1%Muse Spark 1.1
TaxEval (Vals AI)79.7%72.7%Muse Spark 1.1
MortgageTax (Vals AI)66.1%68.4%MiniMax M3
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured46.3%Only MiniMax M3 measured
SimpleQA Verified57.8%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
LMArena Text: science14841452Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14791441Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: legal and government14811437Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: business and finance14701434Muse Spark 1.1
PRBench Finance55.0%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
PRBench Legal57.0%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
Web design benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
Design Arena: websites12701257Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: UI components12871243Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: game dev12691210Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: data viz12671236Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: 3D12591208Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: all code categories12761246Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: SVG12341160Muse Spark 1.1
Design Arena: ASCII art12691161Muse Spark 1.1
LiveBench designNot measured66.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index294
General benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
LiveBench data analysisNot measured76.2%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)61.3%64.1%MiniMax M3
SAGE (Vals AI)45.6%50.6%MiniMax M3
MedScribe (Vals AI)88.9%87.3%Muse Spark 1.1
Vals Multimodal Index66.7%60.0%Muse Spark 1.1
IFBenchNot measured82.9%Only MiniMax M3 measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)77.7%83.0%MiniMax M3
DTBench94.4%78.9%Muse Spark 1.1
LMCA49.9%33.7%Muse Spark 1.1
Surface Evolver Bench52.5%55.0%MiniMax M3
LMArena Text14781433Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: instruction following14571433Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: creative writing14351404Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision12931251Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: English14781443Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: non-English14711420Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: Chinese15151466Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: German14691428Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: Japanese14501380Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: Korean14591373Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: French14921444Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: Spanish14641433Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: Russian14821426Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: Polish14991423Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: multi-turn14841443Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: longer queries14621446Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: writing and language14481419Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14381403Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision: English12921263Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision: Chinese13481311Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision: reading text13011259Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision: humor12881235Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision: recognizing thingsNot measured1197Only MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing12531234Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Document14651435Muse Spark 1.1
MultiChallenge75.3%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.1 measured
EQ-Bench 412601150Muse Spark 1.1
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3Leader
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 1.1$0.0034Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.0009Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Muse Spark 1.1$0.075Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Muse Spark 1.1$0.292Fits in one request
MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 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.

Specifications of Muse Spark 1.1 and MiniMax M3
SpecificationMeta Muse Spark 1.1MiniMax M3
MakerMetaMiniMax
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJuly 16, 2026May 31, 2026
Context window1.05M1.05M
Input $/Mtok$1.25$0.30
Output $/Mtok$4.25$1.20
Coding index70.339.2
Independent measurements behind it36
Cost per solved task$0.43$0.56
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Muse Spark 1.1 better than MiniMax M3 for coding?

Pick Muse Spark 1.1 for coding: it scores 70.3 on the Vibe Coding Index against 39.2 for MiniMax M3, though on 3 benchmarks against 6. Pick MiniMax M3 for output tokens 3.5x cheaper ($1.20 vs $4.25 per million) and work measured by AA Agentic Index or Design Arena: PowerPoint slides, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.1 or MiniMax M3?

Muse Spark 1.1 costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 and $1.20. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Muse Spark 1.1 costs $0.43 and MiniMax M3 $0.56.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Spark 1.1 or MiniMax M3?

Neither: both take 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks is the Muse Spark 1.1 vs MiniMax M3 comparison based on?

93 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Muse Spark 1.1's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and MiniMax M3's on 6. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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