Model comparison
Command R+ vs Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 54.0 to 9.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 5% for Command R+ and 53.9% for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Muse Spark 1.3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2024-08-30 | 2026-09-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 4K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 29.1 (#309), Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1514 |
| CursorBench | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1657 |
| SciCode | — | 59.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Command R+: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 57.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 27.6% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 9.2 (#344), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1503 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 96.5% |
| LMCA | 5% | 53.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 156.75 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| CritPt | — | 26% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 38% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 25% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |
Math Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 28.9 (#242), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1494 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 99.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 36.4 (#169), Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1516 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command R+: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1471 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 38.6 (#227), Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1481 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1529 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1524 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1515 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1474 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1501 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1490 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 60.0 (#254), Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1477 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 37.3 (#219), Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1488 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command R+: 43.5 (#228), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)
| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1455 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1482 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1906 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command R+ better than Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command R+ or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Muse Spark 1.3 share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.