Model comparison
Command A vs Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MetaSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Muse Spark 1.1 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 47.1 to 18.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 49.9% for Muse Spark 1.1.
- Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 49.9 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 8K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1498 |
| DeepSWE | — | 53.3% |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1542 |
| SciCode | — | 58.8% |
Agentic & Tool Use Command A leads
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 31.8% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 40.5% |
| GBAEval | — | 7.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 15% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 6,520 |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 94.4% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 49.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 84.9% |
| CritPt | — | 15.1% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 52.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.21 |
Math Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1483 |
| ProofBench | — | 39% |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1478 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 57.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1465 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1518 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1494 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1466 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1483 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1464 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1457 |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1462 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1437 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1927 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1485 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1260 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.1 does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Muse Spark 1.1 share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.