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Muse Spark 1.1 vs Kimi Linear

Meta
Muse Spark 1.1
Moonshot AI
Kimi Linear
Overview
CompanyMetaMoonshot AI
Release dateJul 9 2026Oct 2025
AccessProprietaryOpen Weight
Specifications
Parameters
48B
Benchmarks
Agentic coding
SWE-Bench Pro
61.5%
Agentic coding
DeepSWE 1.1
53.3%
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%
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 gapKimi Linear shipped 281 days before Muse Spark 1.1

Which is better: Muse Spark 1.1 or Kimi Linear?

Muse Spark 1.1 and Kimi Linear don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Kimi Linear shipped 281 days before Muse Spark 1.1, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Muse Spark 1.1 is proprietary, while Kimi Linear is open weight.

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

Frequently asked questions

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

Kimi Linear was released by Moonshot AI on Oct 2025.

Muse Spark 1.1 is a proprietary model released by Meta. Kimi Linear is an open weight model released by Moonshot AI.

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