# GPT-5 Mini vs Muse Spark 1.3

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 Mini leads Muse Spark 1.3 in 0 of 4 shared categories.

GPT-5 Mini: $0.6875 per 1M blended tokens.

Muse Spark 1.3: $2.0000000000000004 per 1M blended tokens.

GPT-5 Mini: closed weights.

Muse Spark 1.3: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 leads GPT-5 Mini in General LLM at #9 against #128.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 leads GPT-5 Mini in Reasoning at #8 against #130.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 leads GPT-5 Mini in Long context at #15 against #146.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 leads GPT-5 Mini in Factuality at #11 against #110.

As of Oct 14, 2026, GPT-5 Mini is a former state-of-the-art holder in Math (since Sep 29, 2025; sources Humanity's Last Exam; methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 14, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 is state of the art on best per dollar in Coding › Web dev (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).