# DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Muse Spark

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4 Pro leads Muse Spark in 1 of 6 shared categories: Science.

DeepSeek V4 Pro: $1.194075 per 1M blended tokens.

Muse Spark: price per 1M tokens is unset in the catalog.

DeepSeek V4 Pro: open weights.

Muse Spark: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in General LLM at #12 against #44.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Reasoning at #17 against #45.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4 Pro leads Muse Spark in Science at #28 against #37.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Coding › Web dev at #8 against #57.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Long context at #38 against #43.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads DeepSeek V4 Pro in Factuality at #23 against #41.

As of Oct 15, 2026, DeepSeek V4 Pro is ranked #28 in Science (since Oct 15, 2026; sources GPQA Diamond; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since May 18, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).
