# Claude Sonnet 4.6 vs Muse Spark 1.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-4-6-vs-muse-spark-1-1
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude Sonnet 4.6 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Spark 1.1 leads overall 65.95 to 55.33.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 55.1 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 78.3 for Muse Spark 1.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is JobBench in Agentic, with scores of 36.9% and 54.7%.
- Muse Spark 1.1 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 55.33 | 65.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $3.00 / $15.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #55/122)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 56.9 (Supported · #32/122)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 72.1% | 80.8% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Claw-Eval | 67.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 65.2% | 59.0% | Claude Sonnet 4.6 |
| Gert Labs | 62.92% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 8.3% | 14.2% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| JobBench | 36.9% | 54.7% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 57.3% | 69.3% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| ApprenticeBench | 2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 88.1% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 69% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |
| Cybench | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 0.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.3 (Supported · #50/146)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 54.2 (Supported · #35/146)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-Rebench | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | 80.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 51.48% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 24.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.1% | 85.9% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.4% | 82.0% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 59.2 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 75.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 58.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 86.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | Coming soon | 54.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 55.1 (#34/49)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 78.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 77.4% | 88.4% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 76.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 53.6 (Supported · #58/174)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 66.7 (Supported · #21/174)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | 95% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 79.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 49% | 62.1% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 85.6% | 91.2% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | 88.7% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 46.6 (#87/125)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Claude Sonnet 4.6 public-lane score: 48.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 32.400% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 8.300% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 4.6 or Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.1?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 55.1 for Claude Sonnet 4.6 and 78.3 for Muse Spark 1.1.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 4.6 currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.1 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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