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Claude Opus 4.8 vs Muse Spark

Claude Opus 4.8 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.5 to 41.7.

Anthropic · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude Opus 4.8 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 50.5 to 41.7, ranking #16 overall.

In the 8 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Claude Opus 4.8 wins 7; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude Opus 4.8

  • overall performance matters — it scores 50.5 and ranks #16 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 7 of 8 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped May 2026

Choose Muse Spark

  • you are already invested in the Meta ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude Opus 4.8
Anthropic
Muse Spark
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
50.5
#16
41.7
#53
Reasoning
50.0
#13
40.6
#53
Coding
41.1
#12
23.1
#79
Agents
35.0
#21
14.3
#93
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
7 of 8
1 of 8
Input price
$5.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$25.00 / M
— / M
Context window
1,000,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Claude Opus 4.8
Muse Spark
Vision
36.3#7
31.2#26
Tool use
28.5#16
16.2#82
Multimodal
36.0#10
32.4#21
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

27 reported for Claude Opus 4.8 · 19 for Muse Spark

8 shared

Claude Opus 4.8 outperforms in 7 benchmarks (CharXiv-R, DeepSearchQA, GPQA, ScreenSpot Pro, SWE-Bench Pro, SWE-Bench Verified, Terminal-Bench 2.0), while Muse Spark is better at 1 benchmark (Humanity's Last Exam).

Claude Opus 4.8 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude Opus 4.8 specifies input context (1,000,000 tokens). Only Claude Opus 4.8 specifies output context (128,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude Opus 4.8
Input1,000,000 tokens
Output128,000 tokens
Meta
Muse Spark
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Sep 22 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude Opus 4.8 and Muse Spark support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude Opus 4.8

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Muse Spark

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

Claude Opus 4.8

Proprietary

Closed source

Muse Spark

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude Opus 4.8 was released on 2026-05-28, while Muse Spark was released on 2026-04-08.

Claude Opus 4.8 is 2 months newer than Muse Spark.

Claude Opus 4.8

May 28, 2026

3 months ago

1mo newer
Muse Spark

Apr 8, 2026

5 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude Opus 4.8 and Muse Spark side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude Opus 4.8
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude Opus 4.8 vs Muse Spark.

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.8 or Muse Spark?

Claude Opus 4.8 leads the LLM Stats Score 50.5 to 41.7. Claude Opus 4.8 is made by Anthropic and Muse Spark is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude Opus 4.8 compare to Muse Spark in benchmarks?

Claude Opus 4.8 scores GPQA: 93.6%, DeepSearchQA: 93.1%, CharXiv-R: 89.9%, SWE-Bench Verified: 88.6%, ScreenSpot Pro: 87.9%. Muse Spark scores Tau2 Telecom: 91.5%, GPQA: 89.5%, CharXiv-R: 86.4%, ScreenSpot Pro: 84.1%, IPhO 2025: 82.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude Opus 4.8 and Muse Spark?

Claude Opus 4.8 supports 1.0M tokens and Muse Spark supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude Opus 4.8 and Muse Spark?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (50.5 vs 41.7). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude Opus 4.8 and Muse Spark?

Claude Opus 4.8 is developed by Anthropic and Muse Spark is developed by Meta.

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