Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) vs Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)
Which is better for the money: Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) by SpaceXAI or Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) by Meta? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)
Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) vs Grok 4.6 (Xhigh): 8.8% more intelligence, 10.8% less cost to run the AA benchmark, and 68.7% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) | Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 44.2 | 48.1 | +8.8% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 8.8% more intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $2,241.91 | $2,000.35 | −10.8% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 10.8% cheaper |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 37.86s | 63.86s | +68.7% Muse Spark 1.3 (Max) is 68.7% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $2.00 / $6.00 | $1.25 / $4.25 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image, Video |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Grok 4.6 (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, Claude Opus 5.5 (High, Default Fallback) scores 53.60 for $2172.
- 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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