# Claude Sonnet 4.5 vs Muse Spark Open

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Muse Spark Open across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-5-vs-muse-spark-open
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Muse Spark Open share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Muse Spark Open has the lower published output-token price.
- Muse Spark Open has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Muse Spark Open |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 48.57 | 62.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 7 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 35.2 (Estimated · #81/127)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 60.2 (Estimated · #27/127)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Muse Spark Open | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 61.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | 17.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 48.51% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 27.7% | 61.8% | Muse Spark Open |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 72.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 56.1 (Supported · #29/150)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Muse Spark Open | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 22.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Muse Spark Open | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 13.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 83.6 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Muse Spark Open | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 50.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 80.2% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #38/184)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Muse Spark Open | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 83.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Claude Sonnet 4.5 public-lane score: 36.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark Open public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.5 | Muse Spark Open | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 87% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 23.860% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 2.439% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Muse Spark Open?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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## Explore More

- [Claude Sonnet 4.5 profile](/models/claude-sonnet-4-5)
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