# Particle-1 vs Quasar 438B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Particle-1 and Quasar 438B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/particle-1-vs-quasar-438b
- Last updated: October 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Particle-1 and Quasar 438B share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Particle-1 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Particle-1 | Quasar 438B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Particle AI | Multiverse Computing |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 5 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.25 / $1.00 | $0.60 / $1.80 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 39.1 (Estimated · #77/135)

| Benchmark | Particle-1 | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 79.9% | 69.3% | Particle-1 |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 39.1 (Estimated · #71/156)

| Benchmark | Particle-1 | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 79.9% | 69.3% | Particle-1 |
| DeepSWE | 72.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: 77.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Particle-1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Quasar 438B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Particle-1 | Quasar 438B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 90.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU | 86.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Particle-1 and Quasar 438B?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, 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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- [Particle-1 profile](/models/particle-1)
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