Grok 4.6 vs Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1 comes out ahead, 70 to 65 on our weighted score, and it is the cheaper option too.
xAIGrok 4.6
65/100- ECI156.6
- Price$2.00 / $6.00
- Context500K
- Our pick
MetaMuse Spark 1.1
70/100- ECI154.3
- Price$1.25 / $4.25
- Context1.05M
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Muse Spark 1.1 is our pick
Muse Spark 1.1 is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Grok 4.6 (65). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Grok 4.6 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
- CapabilityGrok 4.6Capabilities Index (ECI): Grok 4.6 156.6 · Muse Spark 1.1 154.3
- Lowest priceMuse Spark 1.1Muse Spark 1.1 $2.00 · Grok 4.6 $3.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
- Longest contextMuse Spark 1.1Muse Spark 1.1 1,048,576 · Grok 4.6 500,000 tokens
- Widest inputsMuse Spark 1.1Grok 4.6: Text, Images · Muse Spark 1.1: Text, Images, PDFs, Video
- Self-hostingNo open weightsBoth are available only through APIs
| Measure | Weight | Grok 4.6 | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 86 | 84 |
| Price | 25% | 27 | 36 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 70 | 90 |
| Context window | 10% | 48 | 61 |
| Overall | 100% | 65/100 | 70/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Grok 4.6xAI | Muse Spark 1.1Meta |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | ||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 156.6 (best) | 154.3 |
| ECI rank | #19 of 148 (best) | #35 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 94.0% | — |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 66.0% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 99.2% | — |
| SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions | 49.3% | 57.8% (best) |
| Price per million tokens | ||
| Input | $2.00 | $1.25 (best) |
| Output | $6.00 | $4.25 (best) |
| Cached input | $0.50 | $0.15 (best) |
| Blended (3:1) | $3.00 | $2.00 (best) |
| Long-context rate | Over 200K: $4.00 / $12.00 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official xAI API | Official Meta API |
| Limits | ||
| Context window | 500,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) |
| Max output | 500,000 tokens (best) | 131,072 tokens |
| Inputs and features | ||
| Text | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes |
| PDFs | No | Yes |
| Audio | No | No |
| Video | No | Yes |
| Reasoning | Yeslow · medium · high · xhigh | Yesminimal · low · medium · high · xhigh |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | Yes |
| Availability | ||
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| API model ID | grok-4.6 | muse-spark-1.1 |
| API providers | 29 (best) | 13 |
| Released | Aug 12, 2026 | Jul 9, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Feb 1, 2026 | — |
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- Grok 4.6$32.00
- Muse Spark 1.1$21.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Grok 4.6 or Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 is the better all-round choice, scoring 70/100 against Grok 4.6 (65). It leads on price, inputs & features and context window. Grok 4.6 wins on capability. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.
Which is cheaper, Grok 4.6 or Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper at $1.25 input / $4.25 output per million tokens (official Meta API price). Grok 4.6 costs $2.00 input / $6.00 output per million tokens (official xAI API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $2.00 per million tokens for Muse Spark 1.1 versus $3.00 for Grok 4.6 (1.5× as much).
Which scores higher on benchmarks?
Grok 4.6 scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Grok 4.6 156.6 (#19 of 148) and Muse Spark 1.1 154.3 (#35 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (154.7–158.9 vs 152.2–157.1), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: SimpleQA Verified — Muse Spark 1.1 57.8%, Grok 4.6 49.3%.
Which is better for coding?
There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for Grok 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.1 yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Grok 4.6 leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. Both support tool calling for agent workflows.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.1 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 500,000 for Grok 4.6. Maximum output per response: Grok 4.6 up to 500,000, Muse Spark 1.1 up to 131,072 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Grok 4.6 accepts text and images; Muse Spark 1.1 accepts text, images, PDFs and video. Muse Spark 1.1 handles the widest range of inputs.
Are any of these open source?
No. Grok 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.1 are proprietary and only available through APIs and apps.
Which is newer?
Grok 4.6 is the newest, released Aug 12, 2026. Muse Spark 1.1 came out Jul 9, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Grok 4.6 Feb 1, 2026.
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.
