# Grok 4.6 vs Muse Spark 1.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Grok 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/grok-4-6-vs-muse-spark-1-3
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 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 1.3 leads overall 73 to 67.02.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 61.4 for Grok 4.6 and 82.9 for Muse Spark 1.3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) in Instruction Following, with scores of 51.8% and 15.9%.
- Muse Spark 1.3 is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Muse Spark 1.3 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | xAI | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 500K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 67.02 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 23 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $1.25 / $4.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69.8 (Supported · #9/128)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.3 | 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% | 72.3% | Grok 4.6 |
| ApprenticeBench | 13% | 19% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| CWE-bench v1 | 57.0% | 55.0% | Grok 4.6 |
| MazeBench | 1% | 0% | Grok 4.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 64.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.9% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 49.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 58.5 (Supported · #23/150)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Bug Hunt Bench | 27.0 fixes | 32.2 fixes | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| DeepSWE | 65.9% | 75.4% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 70.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Extended | 61.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.3% | 25.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 88.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 95.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 41.4% | 41.6% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 88.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 59.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Directional only
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 61.4 (#25/28)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#6/28)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.3 | 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 |
| MRCR v2 256K-512K | Coming soon | 98.5% | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 512K-1M | Coming soon | 98.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 69.4 (Supported · #18/184)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 94.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 51.8% | 15.9% | Muse Spark 1.3 |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Grok 4.6 public-lane score: 70.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 65.965% | 74.035% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 31.707% | 46.341% | Muse Spark 1.3 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Grok 4.6 or Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Grok 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.3?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 61.4 for Grok 4.6 and 82.9 for Muse Spark 1.3.

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

Grok 4.6 currently has 23 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.3 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.3 currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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