Hardest reasoning tasks
Choose Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 scores 48.1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, against 45.4 for Qwen3.8-Max.
Muse Spark 1.3 vs Qwen3.8-Max: price, context and capabilities
Choose Muse Spark 1.3 for the hardest reasoning tasks and reasoning over long documents. Choose Qwen3.8-Max for images as input.
In short
- A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
- Only Qwen3.8-Max offers vision.
Which should you choose?
Each answer below comes straight from the published prices, specifications and independent benchmark results.
Reasoning over long documents
Choose Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 scores 83% on Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR), against 80.3% for Qwen3.8-Max.
Images as input
Choose Qwen3.8-Max
Qwen3.8-Max accepts images as input; Muse Spark 1.3 does not.
Specifications side by side
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba Cloud (Qwen) |
| Category | Language models | Language models |
| Status | Generally available | Generally available |
| Headline price | No data | No data |
| Input | No data | No data |
| Output | No data | No data |
| Cached input | No data | No data |
| Context window | 1.05M | No data |
| Max output | No data | No data |
| Released | Sep 2, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | No data | No data |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Capabilities | Reasoning, Tool calling | Vision, Reasoning, Tool calling |
| API model id | muse-spark-1.3 | qwen3.8-max |
Benchmarks side by side
Leader in bold.
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen3.8-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Intelligence Index | 48.1 | 45.4 |
| SciCode | 58.8% | 52.1% |
| GPQA Diamond | 93.5% | 92.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 48.7% | 43.1% |
| Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 83% | 80.3% |
| MMMU-Pro (visual reasoning) | No data | 82.8% |
Independent evaluations by Artificial Analysis, run the same way for every model, at the reasoning setting shown. Percentages unless marked as an index.
Frequently asked questions
Should I choose Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen3.8-Max?
Choose Muse Spark 1.3 for the hardest reasoning tasks and reasoning over long documents. Choose Qwen3.8-Max for images as input.
Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen3.8-Max?
A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price.
What is the difference between Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen3.8-Max?
Muse Spark 1.3 is made by Meta and Qwen3.8-Max by Alibaba Cloud (Qwen). A price comparison is not possible: one of them has no comparable published price. Only Qwen3.8-Max offers vision.