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MiniMax-M3 vs Muse Spark 1.3

Compared only on public benchmark results, across the 7 tasks where both are listed: Muse Spark 1.3 is a tier higher in 6 of 7 shared tasks, they share a tier in 1.

MiniMax-M3

MiniMax's open-weights MoE model line; M3 is natively multimodal with ~428B total and ~23B activated parameters.

Vendor: MiniMax
Weights: Open: run it yourself
Released: 1 Jun 2026
API price: $0.3 in / $1.2 out per 1M tokens
GPU memory to run locally: ~245 GB
License: MiniMax Community License
Last verified: 18 Oct 2026

Alternatives to MiniMax-M3

Muse Spark 1.3

Meta's mid-tier proprietary Muse model line, offered through Meta's API.

Vendor: Meta
Weights: Closed: API and apps only
Released: Sep 2026
API price: $1.25 in / $4.25 out per 1M tokens
License: proprietary
Last verified: 18 Oct 2026

Alternatives to Muse Spark 1.3

Task by task

Task	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.3	Higher tier
Chat & assistants Models	A1,441 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) · Local	S1,494 on LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) · Cloud	Muse Spark 1.3
Writing Models	B1,405 on LMArena Text Arena: Creative Writing (style control) · Local	A1,461 on LMArena Text Arena: Creative Writing (style control) · Cloud	Muse Spark 1.3
Coding Models	C1,482 on LMArena WebDev / Code Arena (overall) · Local	B1,659 on LMArena WebDev / Code Arena (overall) · Cloud	Muse Spark 1.3
Image understanding Models	A1,236 on LMArena Vision Arena (overall, style control) · Local	S1,290 on LMArena Vision Arena (overall, style control) · Cloud	Muse Spark 1.3
Vector graphics & logos Models	C1,160 on Design Arena SVG · Local	C1,323 on Design Arena SVG · Cloud	Same tier
Browser & computer agents Models	C4.6% on OSWorld 2.0 (end-to-end models) · Local	A39.3% on OSWorld 2.0 (end-to-end models) · Cloud	Muse Spark 1.3
Slides & presentations Models	B1,205 on Design Arena Python-PPTX Slides · Local	A1,244 on Design Arena Python-PPTX Slides · Cloud	Muse Spark 1.3

A tier spans a range of scores, and small gaps on a leaderboard are often within its margin of error, so only a different tier counts as ahead. How we rank.

Same benchmark, both results

Benchmark	MiniMax-M3	Muse Spark 1.3	Snapshot
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index Composite index over Artificial Analysis' own evaluation suite, higher is better	29 MiniMax-M3	48 Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)	18 Oct 2026
Artificial Analysis MMMU-Pro (independent evaluation) Accuracy on MMMU-Pro (multi-discipline multimodal questions over images), as run by Artificial Analysis, higher is better	78.6% MiniMax-M3	82% Muse Spark 1.3 (Xhigh)	19 Oct 2026
Design Arena Python-PPTX Slides Elo rating from crowdsourced blind pairwise votes on PowerPoint decks that models build with python-pptx in Design Arena's agent harness, higher is better	1,205 MiniMax M3	1,244 Muse Spark 1.3 (xhigh)	18 Oct 2026
Design Arena SVG Elo rating from crowdsourced blind pairwise votes on SVG markup that models generate from a prompt (icons, illustrations, diagrams, artistic compositions), higher is better	1,160 MiniMax M3	1,323 Muse Spark 1.3 Max	19 Oct 2026
LMArena Text Arena (overall, style control) Arena score (Bradley-Terry rating from pairwise human votes, style-controlled default view), higher is better	1,441 minimax-m3	1,494 Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)	15 Oct 2026
LMArena Text Arena: Creative Writing (style control) Arena score (Bradley-Terry rating from pairwise human votes, creative-writing prompts only, style-controlled view), higher is better	1,405 minimax-m3	1,461 Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)	15 Oct 2026
LMArena Vision Arena (overall, style control) Arena score (Bradley-Terry rating from pairwise human votes on image + text prompts, style-controlled view), higher is better	1,236 minimax-m3	1,290 muse-spark-1.3-max	9 Oct 2026
LMArena WebDev / Code Arena (overall) Arena score (Bradley-Terry rating from pairwise human votes on web-app generation), higher is better	1,482 MiniMax-M3	1,659 Muse Spark 1.3 (Max)	18 Oct 2026
OSWorld 2.0 (end-to-end models) Binary accuracy: share of 108 long-horizon computer-use workflows fully completed (default view: 500-step budget, full task set), higher is better	4.6% MiniMax M3	39.3% MuseSpark 1.3	15 Oct 2026