Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) vs Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) by Anthropic or Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback)
Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) vs Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback): 6.1% less intelligence, 23.0% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 226.9% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) | Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 51.2 | 48.1 | −6.1% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 6.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,626.81 | $2,000.35 | +23.0% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 23.0% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 21.83s | 71.36s | +226.9% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 226.9% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $4.00 / $20.0 | $1.25 / $4.25 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Claude Opus 5.5 (Medium, Default Fallback) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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