DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) vs Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek 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.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 24.70
Total cost: $239

MetaMuse Spark 1.3 (Max)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 48.10
Total cost: $2000

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) scores 23.4 points higher (48.1 vs 24.7) but costs 8.4× as much to run the benchmark ($2000 vs $239; flagship vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) when you need intelligence above 24.7, and DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) when 24.7 is enough.

Metric	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning)	Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	24.7	48.1	+94.7% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 94.7% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$238.91	$2,000.35	+737.3% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 8.4× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	2.74s	67.10s	+2348.9% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 2348.9% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$0.30 / $1.20	$1.25 / $4.25
Input modalities	Text, Image	Text, Image, Video

Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) vs DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning): 94.7% more intelligence, 737.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 2348.9% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4.1 Flash (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, MiMo-V2.6-Pro scores 46.30 for $207.
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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