Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 33× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 51.3 to 17.4.
- Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper at $0.035 / $0.14 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-08-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 10K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 32 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1495 |
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1533 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1486 |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| DTBench | — | 94.7% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LMCA | — | 48.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.87 |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1471 |
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1480 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1305 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1478 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1511 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | 1513 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | 1498 |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1461 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1475 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1482 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1449 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1494 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1840 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index. Amazon Nova Micro costs 33× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Nova Micro or Muse Spark 1.2?
Amazon Nova Micro is cheaper. It lists at $0.035 per million input tokens and $0.14 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Muse Spark 1.2 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Muse Spark 1.2 share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 31.