Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 Max hits 67.9% on CursorBench at $1.31/task, 4.3x cheaper than GPT-5.6 Sol Max
shuyanzh36 · x · 2026-09-09
Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 Max scored 67.9% on CursorBench 3.2, Cursor's benchmark of ambiguous multi-file tasks from real sessions, at just $1.31 per task — versus 67.2% at $5.69 for GPT-5.6 Sol Max, making it 4.3x cheaper and a new pareto frontier of real usability. The model is now available in Cursor.
Other notable results:
- Fable 5.1 Max tops the chart at 73.4%, but costs $9.64/task
- Grok 4.6 Extra High: 70.8% at $2.81, another strong value pick
- Muse Spark 1.3 comes in multiple tiers: Extra High 63.9% ($1.05), High 61.7% ($0.84), Medium 60.8% ($0.77)
- Kimi K3 Max: 60.8% at $2.70
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