VERIFIEDOct 132026
Is Muse Spark 1.3 state of the art?
Yes.Yes on Vision (best per dollar). Not the overall leader.
As of Oct 13, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 from Meta. Yes on Vision (best per dollar). Not the overall leader. Close in Vision: rank #6, 14.7 percentile points behind the leader.
General LLMNot SOTA · #43#43 · 0dGeneral LLM · paretoNot SOTA · #43#43 · 0dReasoningNear-SOTA#78 · 0dReasoning · paretoNear-SOTA#78 · 0dMathNot SOTA · #1#1 · 0dCodingNot SOTA · #72#72 · 0dCoding · paretoNot SOTA · #72#72 · 0dCoding › AgenticNot SOTA · #20#20 · 0dCoding › Agentic · paretoNot SOTA · #20#20 · 0dCoding › Web devNot SOTA · #1#1 · 0d
Why
The ruling, in plain English
Ranked #43 in General LLM.
Receipts
Evidence
| Source | Score | Date | Type | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall) muse-spark-1.3-max · max | 1494.1854645692001 1488.3–1500.1 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_51142aff7bb5 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, hard prompts) muse-spark-1.3-max · max | 1516.5173061869014 1509.6–1523.5 | 2026-10-08 | INDEP. | snap_51142aff7bb5 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, math) muse-spark-1.3-max · max | 1508.9416595505118 1485.1–1532.8 | 2026-10-02 | INDEP. | snap_51142aff7bb5 |
| Terminal-Bench 4.0 Muse Spark 1.3 xhigh · xhigh | 14.55 11.6–17.5 | 2026-10-06 | INDEP. | snap_13678220dcf7 |
| LMArena WebDev muse-spark-1.3-max · max | 1654.7474054113661 1646.0–1663.5 | 2026-09-29 | INDEP. | snap_6c327280fd30 |
| LMArena Text (style-controlled, longer query) muse-spark-1.3-max · max | 1505.7366186519603 1492.5–1519.0 | 2026-09-13 | INDEP. | snap_51142aff7bb5 |
| GDP.pdf muse-spark-1.3_xhigh · xhigh | 0.276 | 2026-09-02 | INDEP. | snap_f9d8103e52c2 |
| LMArena Text factuality muse-spark-1.3-max · max | 1482.8336515398073 1475.0–1490.6 | 2026-09-13 | INDEP. | snap_ee60de771ba0 |
Reign history
Where it sits in the succession
No closed or open crown interval includes this model.
Honest about the gaps
Where it is not the crown
| Category | This model | Why |
|---|---|---|
| General LLM | Not SOTA · #43 | Ranked #43 in General LLM. |
| Reasoning | Near-SOTA | Close in Reasoning: rank #78, 88.9 percentile points behind the leader. |
| Math | Not SOTA · #1 | Last listed at #1 in Math on 2026-10-02. |
| Coding | Not SOTA · #72 | Ranked #72 in Coding. |
| Coding › Agentic | Not SOTA · #20 | Ranked #20 in Coding › Agentic. |
| Coding › Web dev | Not SOTA · #1 | Last listed at #1 in Coding › Web dev on 2026-09-29. |
| Long context | Not SOTA · #2 | Last listed at #2 in Long context on 2026-09-13. |
| Vision | Near-SOTA | Close in Vision: rank #6, 14.7 percentile points behind the leader. |