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Claude Fable 5.1 vs Muse Spark 1.3

Claude Fable 5.1 (Anthropic) and Muse Spark 1.3 (Meta) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#2 vs #4); and Muse Spark 1.3 is 11.8× cheaper per output token ($4.25/1M vs $50.00/1M).

Which should you choose?

Choose Claude Fable 5.1 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #2 against #4 (84.1 vs 81.7 points).
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 1.
  • AA Intelligence Index is your yardstick — 65.7 against 62.1.

Choose Muse Spark 1.3 if…

  • API cost matters — $4.25/1M output tokens against $50.00/1M, about 11.8× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $1.25/1M against $10.00/1M.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Muse Spark 1.3 was listed 2 September 2026, Claude Fable 5.1 1 September 2026.

Claude Fable 5.1 vs Muse Spark 1.3: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Claude Fable 5.1 and Muse Spark 1.3
FieldClaude Fable 5.1AnthropicMuse Spark 1.3Meta
ModelCap Index position#2#4
Index score84.181.7
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$10.00$1.25
Output price / 1M tokens$50.00$4.25
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens128K944K
API providers listed41
Weight accessAPI onlyAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, FileText, Image, Video, File, Audio
First listed1 September 20262 September 2026
PublisherAnthropicMeta

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Claude Fable 5.1 vs Muse Spark 1.3

Public benchmark boards where Claude Fable 5.1 or Muse Spark 1.3 has a published result
BoardClaude Fable 5.1Muse Spark 1.3Leads
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation90.0%Max—Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis65.7intelligence-index62.1intelligence-indexClaude Fable 5.1
AA Terminal-Bench 2.1Artificial Analysis91.4%terminal-bench-2.1—Only one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis59.1%humanitys-last-exam—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Claude Fable 5.1 vs Muse Spark 1.3: common questions

Is Claude Fable 5.1 better than Muse Spark 1.3?

Claude Fable 5.1 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #2 against #4. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Claude Fable 5.1 cheaper than Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper on output tokens: $4.25/1M against $50.00/1M. Input tokens are $10.00/1M for Claude Fable 5.1 and $1.25/1M for Muse Spark 1.3. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Claude Fable 5.1 or Muse Spark 1.3?

Both publish a 1M-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Claude Fable 5.1 or Muse Spark 1.3?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Claude Fable 5.1 and Muse Spark 1.3 open-weight models?

Claude Fable 5.1: API only. Muse Spark 1.3: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Claude Fable 5.1 and Muse Spark 1.3?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Claude Fable 5.1 and 1 for Muse Spark 1.3, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Claude Fable 5.1 vs Muse Spark 1.3 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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