# Grok 4.6 vs Muse Spark 1.2

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.2 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-6-vs-muse-spark-1-2
- Last updated: September 25, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Grok 4.6 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Muse Spark 1.2 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Grok 4.6 leads overall 69.19 to 64.99.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 57.6 for Grok 4.6 and 76.4 for Muse Spark 1.2.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierSWE v2 in Coding, with scores of 25.3% and 12.0%.
- Muse Spark 1.2 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Muse Spark 1.2 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 69.19 | 64.99 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 17 | 8 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $1.25 / $4.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 67.9 (Supported · #8/105)
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 59.5 (Supported · #17/105)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 26.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 57.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 78.3% | 69.7% | Grok 4.6 |
| ApprenticeBench | 13% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 82.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 62 (Supported · #14/135)
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 56 (Supported · #25/135)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 27 fixes | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 65.9% | 59.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| cursorBench32 | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 61.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | 87.0% | Tie |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.3% | 12.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.6% | 86.6% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 82.9% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 57.6 (#16/19)
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 76.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-1 | 87.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 67.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-3 | 2.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Grok 4.6
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69 (Supported · #13/158)
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 65 (Supported · #21/158)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.2 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.4% | 88.3% | Grok 4.6 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 4.6 or Muse Spark 1.2?

Grok 4.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Grok 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.2?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 57.6 for Grok 4.6 and 76.4 for Muse Spark 1.2.

### How many benchmarks does Grok 4.6 cover on BenchLM?

Grok 4.6 currently has 17 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.2 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.2 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Muse Spark 1.2 vs Muse Spark 1.1](/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-muse-spark-1-2)
- [Grok 4.6 vs Muse Spark](/compare/grok-4-6-vs-muse-spark)
- [Muse Spark 1.2 vs Muse Spark](/compare/muse-spark-vs-muse-spark-1-2)

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