BenchLeader

GPT-5.3-Codex vs Muse Spark 1.1

Verdict
  • Muse Spark 1.1 leads on quality: 65.0 vs 62.5.
  • GPT-5.3-Codex is stronger in long context.
  • Muse Spark 1.1 is stronger in coding, composite, instruction following, knowledge, multimodal, human preference, maths, reasoning.
  • Muse Spark 1.1 is 2.4× cheaper ($2.00 vs $4.81 per 1M blended).
  • Muse Spark 1.1 streams 1.6× faster (194 vs 121 tokens per second).
MetricGPT-5.3-CodexMuse Spark 1.1
BenchLeader Index62.565.0
Agents & tools score62.762.7
Coding score54.868.1
Composite score70.172.3
Instruction following score73.277.8
Knowledge score69.373.2
Long context score68.365.4
Multimodal score63.065.0
Human preference score66.3
Maths score52.2
Reasoning score69.2
Blended price $/M$4.81$2.00
Output speed121 tok/s194 tok/s
Time to first answer58.2 s2.6 s
Context window400k1.0M
SimpleQA Verified57.8%
Terminal-Bench78.4%
SciCode58.2%
WeirdML79.3%
APEX-Agents31.8%41.9%
ProofBench39.0%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.6154.6
LMArena Text1492
LMArena Hard Prompts1511
LMArena Coding1531
LMArena WebDev14091541
LMArena Vision1293
LMArena Agent-2.6
AA Intelligence Index32.534.3
IFBench75.4%
AA-LCR83.3%77.7%
MMMU-Pro78.5%
AA-Omniscience10.928.1
Terminal-Bench Hard53.0%
GPQA Diamond (AA)91.5%89.8%
Humanity's Last Exam (AA)42.5%46.2%
SciCode (AA)58.8%
τ²-Bench Telecom (AA)86.0%
SWE-Bench Pro61.5%
MCP Atlas88.1%
MultiChallenge75.3%
PRBench Finance55.0%
PRBench Legal57.0%
MultiNRC65.6%
HiL-Bench4.3%
EQ-Bench 41260

Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.

GPT-5.3-Codex vs Muse Spark 1.1: questions

Is GPT-5.3-Codex better than Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 leads on quality: 65.0 vs 62.5. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Muse Spark 1.1 is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
Is GPT-5.3-Codex better than Muse Spark 1.1 for coding?
Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher in coding (68 vs 55 on the category index, where 50 is average).
Is GPT-5.3-Codex better than Muse Spark 1.1 for agentic tasks?
They are level in agentic tasks (63 each).
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.3-Codex or Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper: $2.00 against $4.81 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
Which is faster, GPT-5.3-Codex or Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 streams faster: 194 against 121 output tokens per second.
Which has the larger context window?
Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.0M against 400k tokens.