Model comparison
Command A vs Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MetaSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Muse Spark 1.2 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 51.3 to 18.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 48.4% for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Muse Spark 1.2 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Muse Spark 1.2 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 1.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-08-05 |
| 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 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1495 |
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1533 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
Agentic & Tool Use Command A leads
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 94.7% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 48.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 154.87 |
Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1471 |
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1480 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1305 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1478 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1511 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1513 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1498 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1461 |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1475 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1482 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1449 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1840 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1494 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 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 1.2 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Muse Spark 1.2 share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 31.