Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B vs Meta: Muse Spark 1.1
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-09-30.
| Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B | Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | qwen | meta |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Benchmark Score | 55.6 | 55.7 |
| Input Price | $0.42/M | $1.25/M |
| Output Price | $3.00/M | $4.25/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 131,072 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
| Benchmark Scores | ||
| ai_index | 55.6 | 55.7 |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Qwen3.8 27B costs $1.17 and Muse Spark 1.1 costs $2.31, so Qwen3.8 27B is about 2.0 times cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,000,000 and 1,048,576 tokens, about 1,500 and 1,573 pages.
Across the 11 tasks where they differ, Qwen3.8 27B scores higher on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others), Muse Spark 1.1 on 1 (Data Analysis).
Qwen3.8 27B was released in August 2026 and Muse Spark 1.1 in July 2026.
Pick Qwen3.8 27B if you need lower cost or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Qwen: Qwen3.8 27B | Meta: Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 140 | 140 |
| Code Completion | 132 | 120 |
| Code Documentation | 136 | 135 |
| Regex Writing | 124 | 124 |
| Data Analysis | 132 | 132 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 135 | 135 |
| JSON Extraction | 131 | 122 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 129 | 120 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 146 | 146 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 126 | 117 |
| Blog Post Writing | 128 | 128 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →