# Minimax M2 5 vs Muse Spark 1.1

As of Oct 15, 2026, Minimax M2 5 leads Muse Spark 1.1 in 0 of 5 shared categories.

Minimax M2 5: $0.44 per 1M blended tokens.

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

Minimax M2 5: open weights.

Muse Spark 1.1: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.1 leads Minimax M2 5 in General LLM at #10 against #164.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.1 leads Minimax M2 5 in Reasoning at #13 against #155.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.1 leads Minimax M2 5 in Coding › Web dev at #39 against #85.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.1 leads Minimax M2 5 in Long context at #38 against #152.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.1 leads Minimax M2 5 in Factuality at #36 against #149.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Minimax M2 5 is a former state-of-the-art holder in Coding › Web dev (since Feb 19, 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).