Muse Spark 1.2 vs Qwen3.6 Plus
Muse Spark 1.2 leads Qwen3.6 Plus on coding, 55.7 to 44.1 on the Vibe Coding Index, and Qwen3.6 Plus costs 2.2x less per output token ($1.95 vs $4.25 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 65 benchmarks have a result for both.
Muse Spark 1.2 or Qwen3.6 Plus: which to pick
Pick Muse Spark 1.2 for coding: it scores 55.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for output tokens 2.2x cheaper ($1.95 vs $4.25 per million) and work measured by MortgageTax (Vals AI), where it leads.
- Shared results
- 65
- Muse Spark 1.2 only
- 32
- Qwen3.6 Plus only
- 18
- 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
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 scores 55.7 against 44.1.
5 and 3 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 39.6 against 27.0.
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
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a GPQA Diamond result, 87.4%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only Qwen3.6 Plus has a AIME result, 94.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 88.3% against 87.7%.
Same board, both measured
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 leads, 1312 against 1243.
Same board, both measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 takes 1.05M tokens against 1M.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus
Muse Spark 1.2 $0.0034, Qwen3.6 Plus $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 $0.64, Qwen3.6 Plus $1.19.
Published attempt cost and pass rate
At a glance
- Coding index
- Muse Spark 1.2 55.7 from 5 benchmarks, Qwen3.6 Plus 44.1 from 3 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Agentic work, 24.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Muse Spark 1.2 79.1% against Qwen3.6 Plus 25.6%, 53.5 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- Muse Spark 1.2 $4.25 against Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 per million output tokens, 2.2x apart.
- Context window
- Muse Spark 1.2 takes 1.05M tokens, Qwen3.6 Plus 1M.
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 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Bars | Qwen3.6 Plus | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 11 | 0 | ||
| Intelligence | 2 | 0 | ||
| Agentic work | 4 | 0 | ||
| Reasoning | 7 | 0 | ||
| Math | 2 | 0 | ||
| Knowledge | 10 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 8 | 0 | ||
| General | 20 | 0 | ||
| All shared boards | 64 | 1 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index110
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | 78.2% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1534 | 1461 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| AA Coding Index | 72.2 | 54.5 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 86.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 86.6% | 73.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | 6.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 79.1% | 25.6% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | 29.9% | 11.1% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | 0.5% | 0.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| IOI (Vals AI) | 21.8% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | 69.7% | 53.2% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| SkillsBench (Vals AI) | 53.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | 69.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| SciCode | 57.4% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 43.9% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| FrontierSWE | 12.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| WeirdML | 60.3% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 670.1 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1505 | 1467 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1505 | 1462 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1526 | 1454 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1543 | 1463 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1472 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 20 boards here | |||
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | 39.6 | 27.0 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.1 | 147.3 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | 43.2 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | 1221 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | 1210 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | 1181 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Android apps | 1222 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building games | 1178 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: HTML slides | 1074 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | 1170 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench research | 67.7% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench browser | 36.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | 21.3% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| SREBench (Vals AI) | 0.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | 60.6% | 40.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | 32.8% | 7.7% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | 43.8% | 14.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | 57.0% | 32.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | 64.8% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 97.7% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| APEX-Agents | 45.4% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | Not measured | $5,115 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 22 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Not measured | 87.4% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | 90.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| MMMU Pro (Vals AI) | 86.1% | 84.2% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 90.4% | 88.2% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 45.5% | 27.8% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run) | Not measured | 88.4% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| SimpleBench | 74.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Chess puzzles | 27.0% | 14.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 12.0% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1489 | 1448 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1475 | 1454 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1487 | 1455 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | 1317 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | Not measured | 94.6% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 93.3% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 38.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| ProofBench | 43.0% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1484 | 1449 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1480 | 1448 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index101
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 88.3% | 87.7% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 85.3% | 84.2% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | Not measured | 51.5% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 70.9% | 61.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 80.4% | 74.7% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MortgageTax (Vals AI) | 65.4% | 68.0% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MedCode (Vals AI) | 49.4% | 36.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 60.3% | 44.1% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: science | 1500 | 1439 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1496 | 1442 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1517 | 1437 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1484 | 1430 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1312 | 1243 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1299 | 1230 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1300 | 1211 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1334 | 1228 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1300 | 1202 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1312 | 1235 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1283 | 1160 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1284 | 1113 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LiveBench design | 67.1% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index200
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | 76.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI) | 68.5% | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| SAGE (Vals AI) | 47.7% | 44.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| MedScribe (Vals AI) | 90.1% | 77.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Vals Multimodal Index | 69.8% | 51.5% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| IFBench | Not measured | 75.2% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 79.0% | 78.3% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| DTBench | 94.7% | 81.9% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMCA | 48.4% | 33.1% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| CL-bench | Not measured | 20.3% | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text | 1482 | 1436 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1462 | 1424 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1436 | 1404 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision | 1304 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1483 | 1445 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1476 | 1424 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1509 | 1477 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1451 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1390 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1462 | 1379 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: French | 1495 | 1455 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1484 | 1432 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1483 | 1434 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1433 | Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1502 | 1438 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1473 | 1439 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1453 | 1418 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1443 | 1402 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| LMArena Vision: English | 1291 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | 1313 | Not measured | Only Muse Spark 1.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 18 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus | 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
Qwen3.6 Plus costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.6 Plus 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 Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | No public weights listed |
| Released | August 5, 2026 | April 2, 2026 |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.25 | $0.325 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.25 | $1.95 |
| Coding index | 55.7 | 44.1 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 5 | 3 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.64 | $1.19 |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Muse Spark 1.2 better than Qwen3.6 Plus for coding?
Pick Muse Spark 1.2 for coding: it scores 55.7 on the Vibe Coding Index against 44.1 for Qwen3.6 Plus. Pick Qwen3.6 Plus for output tokens 2.2x cheaper ($1.95 vs $4.25 per million) and work measured by MortgageTax (Vals AI), where it leads.
Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.2 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Muse Spark 1.2 costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 and $1.95. Per solved SWE-bench Verified task, Muse Spark 1.2 costs $0.64 and Qwen3.6 Plus $1.19.
Which has the bigger context window, Muse Spark 1.2 or Qwen3.6 Plus?
Muse Spark 1.2, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.
How many benchmarks is the Muse Spark 1.2 vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison based on?
65 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Muse Spark 1.2's coding index rests on 5 independent benchmarks and Qwen3.6 Plus's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.