Model comparison
GPT-5 Nano vs Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5 Nano costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5 Nano scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 10 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 73.4 to 39.1.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 11.7% for GPT-5 Nano and 57.8% for Muse Spark 1.1.
- GPT-5 Nano is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.1.
- Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 400K.
Side by side
| GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 33.5 | 49.9 |
| Released | 2025-08-07 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 400K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.05 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 49 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 33.6 (#254), Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1351 | 1498 |
| DeepSWE | — | 53.3% |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 34.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1542 |
| SciCode | — | 58.8% |
| WeirdML | 38.1% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 718.67 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 25.8 (#106), Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 21.8% | — |
| APEX-Agents | — | 31.8% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 51.5% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 40.5% |
| GBAEval | — | 7.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 15% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 6,520 |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 16.3 (#306), Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1328 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 62.7% | 94.4% |
| LMCA | 7.9% | 49.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 139.38 | 154.21 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 2.6% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 62.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 84.9% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 20.7% | — |
| CritPt | — | 15.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | 27% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 9% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 52.5% |
| ForecastBench | 59.1 | — |
Math Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 29.4 (#241), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 12% | 39% |
| LMArena Math | 1317 | 1483 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 20% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 2.4% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 81.1% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 54.6% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 95.2% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 8.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 35.9 (#178), Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 11.7% | 57.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1321 | 1478 |
| GPQA Diamond | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 77.8% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 67.9% | — |
Multimodal Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 31.3 (#108), Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1159 | 1293 |
| VPCT | 37.2% | — |
| LMArena Document | — | 1465 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 45.3 (#172), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1356 | 1518 |
| LMArena German | 1327 | 1466 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1226 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1269 | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | 1296 | 1483 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1360 | 1464 |
| LMArena French | — | 1494 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 75.0 (#79), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1306 | 1457 |
| IFEval | 93.2% | — |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 31.3 (#281), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1312 | 1462 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 44.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads
GPT-5 Nano: 39.1 (#249), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)
| Benchmark | GPT-5 Nano | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1320 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1249 | 1437 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 705 | 1927 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1311 | 1485 |
| WildBench | 80.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1260 |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5 Nano better than Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 33.5 on the Noometry Index. GPT-5 Nano costs 15× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.1's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5 Nano or Muse Spark 1.1?
GPT-5 Nano is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.40 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.1 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.
Is GPT-5 Nano or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 33.6 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.1 does, with 1.05M tokens against 400K.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5 Nano and Muse Spark 1.1 share?
23 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5 Nano has 49 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.