Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 Max tops Code Arena's WebDev leaderboard under $5 per million tokens
rohanpaul_ai · x · 2026-09-10
Code Arena reports that Meta's Muse Spark 1.3 Max (Max reasoning) scores 1,650 at a blended $3.50 per million tokens, making it the highest-scoring WebDev model under $5/M and #8 overall. It reshapes the Arena's Pareto frontier: only 20 points below Qwen3.8 (Max) at 30% less cost, and 24 points below Kimi K3 (Max) at 70% less cost, holding down the price band between Qwen3.8-max ($5/M) and Qwen3.8-Flash-Next ($0.39/M). Scores reflect functionality, usability, and prompt adherence of generated web apps.
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