# Minimax M3 vs Muse Spark

As of Oct 15, 2026, Minimax M3 leads Muse Spark in 1 of 6 shared categories: Science.

Minimax M3: $0.5249999999999999 per 1M blended tokens.

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

Minimax M3: open weights.

Muse Spark: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads Minimax M3 in General LLM at #12 against #87.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads Minimax M3 in Reasoning at #17 against #80.
- Which to pick, Science: As of Oct 15, 2026, Minimax M3 leads Muse Spark in Science at #28 against #37.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads Minimax M3 in Coding › Web dev at #12 against #54.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads Minimax M3 in Long context at #44 against #76.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark leads Minimax M3 in Factuality at #27 against #94.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Minimax M3 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 is a former state-of-the-art holder in General LLM (since May 18, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).