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Model A
Muse Spark

Meta

70.6/100

Supported · Public rank #17

90% interval 61.0–80.2

Muse Spark vs Qwen3.6 Plus

Updated August 21, 2026. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty. They are not guarantees for a specific workload.

Model B
Qwen3.6 Plus

Alibaba

64.6/100

Supported · Public rank #38

90% interval 55.2–73.9

Decision reading

Muse Spark has the higher public score estimate, 70.6 versus 64.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap. Treat that as a lead, not a settled winner.

11 results are shared. Category rows based on different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.

Which one for your work

Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.

  • Coding work

    Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks

    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads on the same 2 weighted benchmark rows.

    Confidence: limited

  • Agentic work

    Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion

    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads on the same 1 weighted benchmark row.

    Confidence: limited

  • Long documents

    Prompts that approach the documented context limit

    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Qwen3.6 Plus has the larger documented context window.

    Confidence: documented

Show secondary and unsupported calls
  • Chat turn cost

    1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Cache-heavy agent loop cost

    200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

  • Repository review cost

    50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

    Not enough matched evidence

    A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.

    Confidence: listed-rates

What is actually comparable

Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.

Shared results
11
Muse Spark only
13
Qwen3.6 Plus only
32
Like-for-like categories
3 / 8

2 categories use different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.

Category results, on a stated basis

Each row states whether both averages use the same weighted benchmark set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner in this template.

Agentic

Like-for-like
Muse Spark
59.0
Qwen3.6 Plus
61.6
Weighted basis
1 vs 1 rows
Reading
Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Coding

Like-for-like
Muse Spark
67.8
Qwen3.6 Plus
70.3
Weighted basis
2 vs 2 rows
Reading
Qwen3.6 Plus leads

Multimodal

Like-for-like
Muse Spark
82.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
79.8
Weighted basis
2 vs 2 rows
Reading
Muse Spark leads

Knowledge

Directional only
Muse Spark
50.4
Qwen3.6 Plus
57.1
Weighted basis
1 vs 4 rows
Reading
Directional only

Math

Directional only
Muse Spark
32.9
Qwen3.6 Plus
60.5
Weighted basis
2 vs 4 rows
Reading
Directional only

Reasoning

Not comparable
Muse Spark
42.5
Qwen3.6 Plus
62.0
Weighted basis
1 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Multilingual

Not comparable
Muse Spark
Not measured
Qwen3.6 Plus
84.7
Weighted basis
0 vs 1 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Instruction following

Not comparable
Muse Spark
Not measured
Qwen3.6 Plus
82.3
Weighted basis
0 vs 2 rows
Reading
Not comparable

Shape of the matched evidence

Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.

Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.

Chat turn

1K fresh input + 500 output tokens

Muse Spark
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Muse Spark has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Repository review

50K fresh input + 3K output tokens

Muse Spark
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request

Muse Spark has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Cache-heavy agent loop

200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens

Muse Spark
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable
Qwen3.6 Plus
API rate not published
Fits in one request
Cached-input rate unavailable

Muse Spark has no comparable published API token rate. Qwen3.6 Plus has no comparable published API token rate.

Specification differences

Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.

Context window

Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.

Muse Spark

262K

Qwen3.6 Plus

1M

API model ID

Muse Spark

Not sourced

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Cached-input rate

A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.

Muse Spark

No comparable hosted API rate

Qwen3.6 Plus

No comparable hosted API rate

Documented inputs

Muse Spark

Not sourced

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Documented outputs

Muse Spark

Not sourced

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Provider availability

Muse Spark

Not sourced

Qwen3.6 Plus

Not sourced

Reasoning profile

Muse Spark

Reasoning

Qwen3.6 Plus

Reasoning

Weight access

Muse Spark

Proprietary

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

License

Muse Spark

Proprietary

Qwen3.6 Plus

Proprietary

Release date

Muse Spark

2026-04-08

Qwen3.6 Plus

2026-04-02

If you already use one of these models
Deployment change
The models list different providers, so authentication, endpoint behavior, limits, and feature support may change.
Quality signal
Muse Spark has the higher public score estimate, 70.6 versus 64.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap.
Workload cost
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Context tradeoff
Qwen3.6 Plus has the larger documented window (1M).

Run the same representative tasks against both endpoints before changing production traffic.

Benchmark evidence

The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.

Browse raw public benchmark evidence56 rows

Agentic

  • Terminal-Bench 2.0

    Muse Spark59%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus61.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • τ²-bench results

    Muse Spark91.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • DeepSearchQA

    Muse Spark74.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • CyberGym

    Muse Spark43.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • Muse Spark63.8%
    Qwen3.6 Plus58.8%

    Muse Spark leads this result

  • QwenClawBench

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus57.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • τ³-bench results

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus70.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VITA-Bench

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus44.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • DeepPlanning

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus41.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Toolathlon

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus39.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP Atlas

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus48.2%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MCP-Tasks

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus74.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • WideResearch

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus74.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • Gert Labs

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus50.60%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • ResearchClawBench

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus18.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Coding

  • SWE-bench Verified

    Muse Spark77.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • SWE-bench Pro

    Muse Spark52.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus56.6%
    Source

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • LiveCodeBench Pro

    Muse Spark80.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • Vibe Code Bench

    Shared source
    Muse Spark19.67%
    Qwen3.6 Plus25.56%

    Qwen3.6 Plus leads this result

  • SWE Multilingual

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus73.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LiveCodeBench v6

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus87.1%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Reasoning

  • ARC-AGI-2

    Muse Spark42.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • AI-Needle

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus68.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • LongBench v2

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus62%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Knowledge

  • GPQA-D

    Muse Spark89.5%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • HLE

    Muse Spark50.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus28.8%
    Source

    Muse Spark leads this result

  • HLE w/o tools

    Muse Spark42.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • HealthBench Hard

    Muse Spark42.8%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • MedXpertQA (Text)

    Muse Spark52.6%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • GPQA

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus90.4%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • SuperGPQA

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus71.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Pro

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus88.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMLU-Redux

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus94.5%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • C-Eval

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus93.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Math

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3)

    Shared source
    Muse Spark39.000%
    Qwen3.6 Plus26.207%

    Muse Spark leads this result

  • FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4)

    Shared source
    Muse Spark14.600%
    Qwen3.6 Plus8.333%

    Muse Spark leads this result

  • AIME26

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus95.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2025

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus96.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Nov 2025

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus94.6%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • HMMT Feb 2026

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus87.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MMAnswerBench

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus83.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multilingual

  • MMLU-ProX

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus84.7%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • NOVA-63

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus57.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Multimodal

  • CharXiv

    Muse Spark86.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus81.5%
    Source

    Muse Spark leads this result

  • MMMU-Pro

    Muse Spark80.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus78.8%
    Source

    Muse Spark leads this result

  • ERQA

    Muse Spark64.7%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • SimpleVQA

    Muse Spark71.3%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • ScreenSpot Pro

    Muse Spark84.1%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus68.2%
    Source

    Muse Spark leads this result

  • ZeroBench

    Muse Spark33.0%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • MedXpertQA (MM)

    Muse Spark78.4%
    Source
    Qwen3.6 Plus

    Not directly comparable

  • MMMU

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus86.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • MathVision

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus88.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • VideoMMMU

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus84.0%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • V*

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus96.9%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Instruction following

  • IFEval

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus94.3%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

  • IFBench

    Muse Spark
    Qwen3.6 Plus75.8%
    Source

    Not directly comparable

Frequently asked questions

Which is better, Muse Spark or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Muse Spark has the higher public score estimate, 70.6 versus 64.58, but the 90% score intervals overlap. The higher estimate is not a decisive winner because the uncertainty ranges overlap.

Which is better for coding, Muse Spark or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the like-for-like coding comparison across 2 shared weighted benchmark rows.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Muse Spark or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus leads the like-for-like agentic tasks comparison across 1 shared weighted benchmark row.

Which costs less, Muse Spark or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.

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

Qwen3.6 Plus has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 262K.

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Last updated August 21, 2026

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