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Claude Opus 4.6 vs Muse Spark 1.1

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.6
Meta
Muse Spark 1.1
Overview
CompanyAnthropicMeta
Release dateFeb 5 2026Jul 9 2026
AccessProprietaryProprietary
Benchmarks
Nonsense detection
BullshitBench v2
87%
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
61.5%
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
80.8%
Agentic coding
DeepSWE 1.1
53.3%
Next.js coding
Next.js Evals
67%
Agentic terminal coding
Terminal-Bench 2.1
80%
Multi-step tool use
MCP Atlas
88.1%
Professional tool use
JobBench
54.7%
Personal tool use
Toolathlon-Verified
75.6%
Multidisciplinary reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam · with tools
62.1%
Science
GPQA Diamond
91.3%
Agentic computer use
OSWorld-Verified
80.8%
Agentic financial analysis
Finance Agent v2
57.2%
Chart reasoning
CharXiv Reasoning
88.4%
Visual reasoning
BabyVision
76.3%
Timeline
Release gapClaude Opus 4.6 shipped 154 days before Muse Spark 1.1

Which is better: Claude Opus 4.6 or Muse Spark 1.1?

Claude Opus 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Claude Opus 4.6 shipped 154 days before Muse Spark 1.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Published specifications for these two models are limited — see each model page for the latest details.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Claude Opus 4.6 and Muse Spark 1.1 don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

Claude Opus 4.6 was released by Anthropic on Feb 5 2026.

Muse Spark 1.1 was released by Meta on Jul 9 2026.

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