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Muse Spark 1.3 vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Muse Spark 1.3 leads Qwen3.6 Plus on coding, 57.4 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; 61 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace Muse Spark 1.3 Replace Qwen3.6 Plus
Muse Spark 1.3Meta
Coding
57.4
Overall
68.6
Output $/M
$4.25
61
Qwen3.6 PlusQwen
Coding
44.1
Overall
56.2
Output $/M
$1.95
0
vs boards won of 61 shared

Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen3.6 Plus: which to pick

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 for coding: it scores 57.4 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).

Model AMuse Spark 1.3Meta57.4/1004 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved taskModel BQwen3.6 PlusQwen44.1/1003 independent benchmarks$1.19 per solved task
Shared results
61
Muse Spark 1.3 only
31
Qwen3.6 Plus 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.

At a glance

Coding index
Muse Spark 1.3 57.4 from 4 benchmarks, Qwen3.6 Plus 44.1 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 25.5 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): Muse Spark 1.3 82.9% against Qwen3.6 Plus 25.6%, 57.3 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
Muse Spark 1.3 $4.25 against Qwen3.6 Plus $1.95 per million output tokens, 2.2x apart.
Context window
Muse Spark 1.3 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.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMuse Spark 1.3BarsQwen3.6 PlusTies
Coding120
Intelligence20
Agentic work40
Reasoning70
Math40
Knowledge40
Web design80
General200
All shared boards610
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index120
Coding benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
LiveBench coding90.2%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena WebDev16591461Muse Spark 1.3
AA Coding Index75.854.5Muse Spark 1.3
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured73.4%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)10.6%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)82.9%25.6%Muse Spark 1.3
Code migration (Vals AI)27.6%11.1%Muse Spark 1.3
ProgramBench (Vals AI)0.5%0.0%Muse Spark 1.3
IOI (Vals AI)43.9%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)72.3%53.2%Muse Spark 1.3
CyberBench (Vals AI)69.4%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
SciCode59.7%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured43.9%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
FrontierSWE25.8%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
ALE-Bench1688.3670.1Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: coding15101467Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: software and IT15111462Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena WebDev: React16721454Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena WebDev: HTML16531463Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena WebDev: from an image16401472Muse Spark 1.3
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 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Intelligence Index48.127.0Muse Spark 1.3
Epoch Capabilities Index157.2147.3Muse Spark 1.3
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Agentic work benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
AA Agentic Index55.5Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Design Arena: agents building web apps1297Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1295Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1218Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Design Arena: agents building Godot games1241Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1219Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1062Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LiveBench research68.6%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LiveBench browser80.0%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LiveBench long agentic40.4%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)58.9%40.9%Muse Spark 1.3
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)36.0%7.7%Muse Spark 1.3
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)40.9%14.9%Muse Spark 1.3
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)62.7%32.9%Muse Spark 1.3
Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI)4.3%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured97.7%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
APEX-Agents58.6%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Vending-Bench 2Not measured$5,115Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index70
Reasoning benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured87.4%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LiveBench reasoning89.7%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)Not measured84.2%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)94.1%88.2%Muse Spark 1.3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)48.7%27.8%Muse Spark 1.3
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured88.4%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Chess puzzles37.0%14.0%Muse Spark 1.3
Mystery game puzzles25.0%12.0%Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: hard prompts15031448Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: expert15191454Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English15001455Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Vision: diagrams1330Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1296Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Math benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
AIMENot measured94.6%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
OTIS Mock AIME99.2%93.3%Muse Spark 1.3
FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 374.4%38.2%Muse Spark 1.3
FrontierMath, tier 446.3%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
ProofBench58.0%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena Text: math14971449Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: mathematical work14911448Muse Spark 1.3
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
MMLU ProNot measured87.7%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured84.2%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)Not measured51.5%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured61.9%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured74.7%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MortgageTax (Vals AI)Not measured68.0%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured36.9%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
SimpleQA VerifiedNot measured44.1%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text: science15071439Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14931442Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: legal and government14991437Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: business and finance14901430Muse Spark 1.3
Neither model has a result on the other 6 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
Web design benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
Design Arena: websites13561243Muse Spark 1.3
Design Arena: UI components13491230Muse Spark 1.3
Design Arena: game dev13281211Muse Spark 1.3
Design Arena: data viz13431228Muse Spark 1.3
Design Arena: 3D13581202Muse Spark 1.3
Design Arena: all code categories13521236Muse Spark 1.3
Design Arena: SVG13011161Muse Spark 1.3
Design Arena: ASCII art12781113Muse Spark 1.3
LiveBench design74.8%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index200
General benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
LiveBench data analysis79.6%Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)Not measured44.9%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)Not measured77.0%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Vals Multimodal IndexNot measured51.5%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
IFBenchNot measured75.2%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)83.0%78.3%Muse Spark 1.3
DTBench96.5%81.9%Muse Spark 1.3
LMCA53.9%33.1%Muse Spark 1.3
CL-benchNot measured20.3%Only Qwen3.6 Plus measured
LMArena Text14901436Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: instruction following14791424Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: creative writing14621404Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Vision1308Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena Text: English14951445Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: non-English14811424Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: Chinese15321477Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: German15131451Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: Japanese14701390Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: Korean14901379Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: French15111455Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: Spanish14961432Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: Russian14911434Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: Polish14901433Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: multi-turn14871438Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: longer queries14881439Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: writing and language14701418Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14571402Muse Spark 1.3
LMArena Vision: English1298Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1384Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1319Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena Vision: humor1293Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1296Not measuredOnly Muse Spark 1.3 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
Image generation benchmarks for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 PlusLeader
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 1.3$0.0034Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.0013Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

Muse Spark 1.3$0.075Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.022Fits in one request

Qwen3.6 Plus costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

Muse Spark 1.3$0.292Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus$0.085Fits in one request

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.

Specifications of Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.6 Plus
SpecificationMeta Muse Spark 1.3Qwen3.6 Plus
MakerMetaQwen
WeightsNo public weights listedNo public weights listed
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2026April 2, 2026
Context window1.05M1M
Input $/Mtok$1.25$0.325
Output $/Mtok$4.25$1.95
Coding index57.444.1
Independent measurements behind it43
Cost per solved taskNot computable$1.19
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is Muse Spark 1.3 better than Qwen3.6 Plus for coding?

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 for coding: it scores 57.4 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).

Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Muse Spark 1.3 costs $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Qwen3.6 Plus costs $0.325 and $1.95. Cost per solved task is known for Qwen3.6 Plus only.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Muse Spark 1.3, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks is the Muse Spark 1.3 vs Qwen3.6 Plus comparison based on?

61 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. Muse Spark 1.3's coding index rests on 4 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.

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