Model comparison

GPT-5.4 vs Muse Spark 1.1

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 49.9 on the Noometry Index. Muse Spark 1.1 costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 34 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.4 OpenAI

59.5

Rank #14 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.1 Meta

49.9

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 34 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.4 scores higher in 8 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where GPT-5.4 leads 73.3 to 44.0.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is GBAEval: 45.1% for GPT-5.4 and 7.9% for Muse Spark 1.1.
  • Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $15 for GPT-5.4.
  • GPT-5.4 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1.05M.

Side by side

GPT-5.4 and Muse Spark 1.1 specifications
GPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index59.549.9
Released2026-03-052026-04-08
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$2.50$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$15$4.25
Results tracked6836

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 52.8 (#28), Muse Spark 1.1: 50.8 (#38)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
DeepSWE51.8%53.3%
LMArena WebDev14651542
SciCode56.6%58.8%
LMArena Coding14971497
SWE-bench Verified76.9%—
GSO31.4%—
WeirdML77.7%—
MirrorCode15.6%—
ALE-Bench1,607—
AlgoTune1.85—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 46.5 (#12), Muse Spark 1.1: 33.9 (#45)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
τ²-bench Banking39.4%40.5%
GBAEval45.1%7.9%
Vending-Bench 26,1446,520
Terminal-Bench81.8%—
APEX-Agents52.4%—
DeepResearch Bench35.1%—
PostTrainBench19%—
GDP.pdf—15%
LMArena Search1197—
METR Time Horizons74.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 61.7 (#17), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.9 (#41)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%84.9%
CritPt23.4%15.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851486
DTBench94.4%94.4%
LMCA52%49.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.92154.32
ARC-AGI-274%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark63.8%—
ARC-AGI-193.7%—
Chess Puzzles44%—
EnigmaEval16%—
Thematic Generalization80%—
EBR-Bench25.4%—
Mystery Game Puzzles37%—
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%
ForecastBench59.5—

Math GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 73.3 (#14), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.0 (#67)

Knowledge GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 65.3 (#13), Muse Spark 1.1: 52.8 (#55)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
SimpleQA Verified45.1%57.8%
LMArena Expert15071480
GPQA Diamond93.3%—
Humanity's Last Exam36.2%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate7%—

Multimodal GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 43.8 (#19), Muse Spark 1.1: 41.9 (#28)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision13021292
LMArena Document14711465
Blueprint-Bench 227.1%—
Furniture Assembly37.5%—

Multilingual Too close to call

GPT-5.4: 56.4 (#22), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.8 (#16)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Non-English14651471
LMArena Chinese15201518
LMArena French14931494
LMArena German14721466
LMArena Japanese14841445
LMArena Korean14491459
LMArena Russian14801482
LMArena Spanish14531471

Instruction Following Too close to call

GPT-5.4: 77.3 (#25), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.8 (#36)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Instruction Following14691457

Long Context GPT-5.4 leads

GPT-5.4: 50.3 (#8), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#55)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Longer Query14741463
CL-bench27.9%—
CL-bench Life21.7%—

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads

GPT-5.4: 72.1 (#18), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.6 (#11)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.4Muse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text14691479
LMArena Creative Writing14391440
EQ-Bench Creative Writing18401927
EQ-Bench 412721260
LMArena Multi-Turn14821484

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.4 better than Muse Spark 1.1?

GPT-5.4 is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 49.9 on the Noometry Index. Muse Spark 1.1 costs 2.8× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.4's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.4 or Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; GPT-5.4 lists at $2.50 and $15.

Is GPT-5.4 or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

GPT-5.4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.8 versus 50.8 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.4 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1.05M.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.4 and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

34 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.4 has 68 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 36.

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