DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) vs Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)

Which is better for the money: DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) by DeepSeek or Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-25.

Trade-off

DeepSeekDeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 20.40
Total cost: $451

MetaMuse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)Off the frontier

Intelligence: 39.60
Total cost: $1385

Verdict

Depends on your budget

Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) scores 19.2 points higher (39.6 vs 20.4) but costs 3.1× as much to run the benchmark ($1385 vs $451; premium vs mid-range cost classes). They are not alternatives at one budget: pick Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) when you need intelligence above 20.4, and DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) when 20.4 is enough.

Metric	DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning)	Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh)	Difference
Intelligence (higher is better)	20.4	39.6	+94.1% Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is 94.1% more intelligent
Total AA cost (lower is better)	$450.76	$1,385.40	+207.3% Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is 3.1× more expensive
End-to-end time (lower is better)	6.85s	22.03s	+221.6% Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is 221.6% slower
Price per 1M tokens (in / out)	$1.32 / $3.96	$1.25 / $4.25
Input modalities	Text	Text, Image, Speech, Video

Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) vs DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning): 94.1% more intelligence, 207.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 221.6% slower end-to-end.

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Today's Pareto frontier

Against the frontier

DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813 (Non-reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Medium) scores 47.80 for $361.
Muse Spark 1.2 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.

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