# Claude Opus 4.8 vs Muse Spark 1.1

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Muse Spark 1.1 in 5 of 6 shared categories: Reasoning, Coding › Web dev, Long context, Vision, and Factuality.

Claude Opus 4.8: $10 per 1M blended tokens.

Muse Spark 1.1: $2.0000000000000004 per 1M blended tokens.

Claude Opus 4.8: closed weights.

Muse Spark 1.1: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.1 leads Claude Opus 4.8 in General LLM at #10 against #21.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Muse Spark 1.1 in Reasoning at #10 against #13.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Muse Spark 1.1 in Coding › Web dev at #35 against #39.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Muse Spark 1.1 in Long context at #10 against #38.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Muse Spark 1.1 in Vision at #13 against #28.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 leads Muse Spark 1.1 in Factuality at #24 against #36.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Claude Opus 4.8 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Jun 5, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.1 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since Jul 20, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).