Grok 4.3 vs Muse Spark 1.2 vs GPT-5.4 mini
Muse Spark 1.2 comes out ahead, 72 to 67 and 63 on our weighted score, though Grok 4.3 is 22% cheaper per token.
xAIGrok 4.3
67/100- ECI149.2
- Price$1.25 / $2.50
- Context1M
- Our pick
MetaMuse Spark 1.2
72/100- ECI155.0
- Price$1.25 / $4.25
- Context1.05M
OpenAIGPT-5.4 mini
63/100- ECI148.8
- Price$0.75 / $4.50
- Context400K
Muse Spark 1.2 is our pick
Muse Spark 1.2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Grok 4.3 (67) and GPT-5.4 mini (63). It leads on capability and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityMuse Spark 1.2Capabilities Index (ECI): Muse Spark 1.2 155.0 · Grok 4.3 149.2 · GPT-5.4 mini 148.8
- Lowest priceGrok 4.3Grok 4.3 $1.56 · GPT-5.4 mini $1.69 · Muse Spark 1.2 $2.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextMuse Spark 1.2Muse Spark 1.2 1,048,576 · Grok 4.3 1,000,000 · GPT-5.4 mini 400,000 tokens
- Widest inputsMuse Spark 1.2Grok 4.3: Text, Images, PDFs · Muse Spark 1.2: Text, Images, PDFs, Audio, Video · GPT-5.4 mini: Text, Images
- Self-hostingNo open weightsAll three are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Grok 4.3 | Muse Spark 1.2 | GPT-5.4 mini |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 77 | 84 | 77 |
| Price | 25% | 41 | 36 | 39 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 100 | 70 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 61 | 44 |
| Overall | 100% | 67/100 | 72/100 | 63/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Grok 4.3xAI | Muse Spark 1.2Meta | GPT-5.4 miniOpenAI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 149.2 | 155.0 (best) | 148.8 |
| ECI rank | #55 of 148 | #30 of 148 (best) | #56 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 88.8% (best) | — | 86.9% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 42.8% | — | 51.2% (best) |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 93.3% (best) | — | 88.9% |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 33.2% | 60.3% (best) | 29.4% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $1.25 | $1.25 | $0.75 (best) |
| Output | $2.50 (best) | $4.25 | $4.50 |
| Cached input | $0.20 | $0.15 | $0.075 (best) |
| Blended (3:1) | $1.56 (best) | $2.00 | $1.69 |
| Long-context rate | Over 200K: $2.50 / $5.00 | Same rate | Same rate |
| Price source | Official xAI API | Official Meta API | Official OpenAI API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 400,000 tokens |
| Max output | 30,000 tokens | 131,072 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | Yes | Yes | No |
| Audio | No | Yes | No |
| Video | No | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | grok-4.3 | muse-spark-1.2 | gpt-5.4-mini |
| API providers | 27 | 15 | 29 (best) |
| Released | Apr 17, 2026 | Aug 5, 2026 | Mar 17, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | — | — | Aug 31, 2025 |
What would a month cost?
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- Grok 4.3$17.50
- Muse Spark 1.2$21.00
- GPT-5.4 mini$16.50
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Grok 4.3, Muse Spark 1.2 or GPT-5.4 mini?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the better all-round choice, scoring 72/100 against Grok 4.3 (67) and GPT-5.4 mini (63). It leads on capability and inputs & features. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.3, Muse Spark 1.2 or GPT-5.4 mini?
Grok 4.3 is cheaper at $1.25 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). GPT-5.4 mini costs $0.75 input / $4.50 output per million tokens (official OpenAI API price); Muse Spark 1.2 costs $1.25 input / $4.25 output per million tokens (official Meta API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $1.56 per million tokens for Grok 4.3 versus $1.69 for GPT-5.4 mini (1.1× as much) and $2.00 for Muse Spark 1.2 (1.3× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Muse Spark 1.2 155.0 (#30 of 148), Grok 4.3 149.2 (#55 of 148) and GPT-5.4 mini 148.8 (#56 of 148). Their confidence ranges do not overlap (152.8–157.5 vs 147.6–150.8), so the gap is a real one. On individual benchmarks: SimpleQA Verified — Muse Spark 1.2 60.3%, Grok 4.3 33.2%, GPT-5.4 mini 29.4%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Grok 4.3, Muse Spark 1.2 and GPT-5.4 mini yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Muse Spark 1.2 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.2 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Grok 4.3 and 400,000 for GPT-5.4 mini. Maximum output per response: Grok 4.3 up to 30,000, Muse Spark 1.2 up to 131,072, GPT-5.4 mini up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Grok 4.3 accepts text, images and PDFs; Muse Spark 1.2 accepts text, images, PDFs, audio and video; GPT-5.4 mini accepts text and images. Muse Spark 1.2 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Grok 4.3, Muse Spark 1.2 and GPT-5.4 mini are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the newest, released Aug 5, 2026. Grok 4.3 came out Apr 17, 2026; GPT-5.4 mini came out Mar 17, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: GPT-5.4 mini Aug 31, 2025.
How do you decide the winner?
Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.
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