Model comparison
GPT-5.6 Sol vs Muse Spark 1.3
GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.0 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index. Muse Spark 1.3 costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 37 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 37 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher in 7 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where GPT-5.6 Sol leads 64.3 to 42.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is FrontierMath Tier 4: 82.9% for GPT-5.6 Sol and 46.3% for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $4 / $20 for GPT-5.6 Sol.
- GPT-5.6 Sol accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.
Side by side
| GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 65.0 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2026-07-09 | 2026-09-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $4 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $20 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 65 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 65.1 (#7), Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| CursorBench | 41.7% | 41.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1618 | 1657 |
| SciCode | 57.1% | 59.7% |
| LMArena Coding | 1498 | 1514 |
| DeepSWE | 72.7% | — |
| FrontierCode | 47.5% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 32.2% | — |
| GSO | 76.5% | — |
| WeirdML | 89.4% | — |
| MirrorCode | 20% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 2,177 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 50.3 (#7), Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 51.4% | 57.8% |
| GDP.pdf | 30.7% | 27.6% |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 27.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 46.9% | — |
| PostTrainBench | 36.2% | — |
| BALROG | 60% | — |
| GBAEval | 52.6% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1257 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 9,619 | — |
Reasoning GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 74.8 (#8), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 93.8% | 85.1% |
| CritPt | 32.3% | 26% |
| Chess Puzzles | 64% | 38% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1484 | 1503 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 58% | 25% |
| DTBench | 96% | 96.5% |
| LMCA | 59.2% | 53.9% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | 0.14 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 161.66 | 156.75 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 92.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 71.7% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 97.5% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 37.1% | — |
| EBR-Bench | 44.8% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 93.1% | — |
Math GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 85.6 (#9), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 89.1% | 74.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 82.9% | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 100% | 99.2% |
| ProofBench | 83% | 58% |
| LMArena Math | 1474 | 1494 |
| FrontierMath Erdős | 0% | — |
Knowledge GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 64.3 (#18), Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | 1516 |
| GPQA Diamond | 93.5% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 69.7% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 12.4% | — |
Multimodal GPT-5.6 Sol leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 48.6 (#9), Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1281 | 1309 |
| LMArena Document | 1483 | 1471 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | — |
| Furniture Assembly | 56.7% | — |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.3 leads
GPT-5.6 Sol: 55.3 (#32), Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1452 | 1481 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1527 | 1529 |
| LMArena French | 1477 | 1524 |
| LMArena German | 1476 | 1515 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1471 | 1474 |
| LMArena Korean | 1442 | 1501 |
| LMArena Russian | 1468 | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1441 | 1490 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
GPT-5.6 Sol: 77.7 (#16), Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1482 | 1477 |
Long Context Too close to call
GPT-5.6 Sol: 45.4 (#42), Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1480 | 1488 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
GPT-5.6 Sol: 73.3 (#12), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.6 Sol | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1457 | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1448 | 1455 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1972 | 1906 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1460 | 1482 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1250 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.6 Sol better than Muse Spark 1.3?
GPT-5.6 Sol is the stronger model overall, scoring 65.0 to 54.8 on the Noometry Index. Muse Spark 1.3 costs 4.0× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.6 Sol's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.6 Sol or Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; GPT-5.6 Sol lists at $4 and $20.
Is GPT-5.6 Sol or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?
GPT-5.6 Sol scores higher on coding benchmarks: 65.1 versus 56.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
GPT-5.6 Sol does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.6 Sol and Muse Spark 1.3 share?
37 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.6 Sol has 65 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.