# Muse Spark 1.3 vs Qwen3.8 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.8 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-spark-1-3-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 12
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.8 Max 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 69.66.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 82.9 for Muse Spark 1.3 and 87.8 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld 2.0 in Agentic, with scores of 66.9% and 19.4%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | null | 69.66 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 20 | 66 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $4.25 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 67.5 (Supported · #14/128)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.8% | 86.6% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| JobBench | 64.9% | 53.4% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 66.9% | 19.4% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| DeepSearchQA | 89.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | 49.4% | 27.3% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| ApprenticeBench | 19% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 72.3% | 67.4% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| CWE-bench v1 | 55.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | 0% | 0% | Tie |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Index | Coming soon | 36.2% | Coming soon |
| Hermes Bench | Coming soon | 70.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 53.6 (Supported · #34/150)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 88.8% | 86.6% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| DeepSWE | 75.4% | 56.6% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | 59.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | 41.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | 32.2 fixes | 25.7 fixes | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 25.8% | 15.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 81.2% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#6/28)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 256K-512K | 98.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 512K-1M | 98.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 91.2 (#4/54)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 95.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 68.2 (Supported · #24/184)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 94.7 (#2/148)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | 15.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 78.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 74.035% | 74.737% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 46.341% | 46.341% | Tie |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen3.8 Max?

Muse Spark 1.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 82.9 for Muse Spark 1.3 and 87.8 for Qwen3.8 Max.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 66 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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