Model comparison
DBRX vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MetaSummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 89.8% for Muse Spark.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| DBRX | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 50.6 |
| Released | 2024-03-27 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 21 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 32.9 (#266), Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1481 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 21.4 (#222), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1474 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.04 |
Math Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 24.3 (#269), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 14.9 (#294), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 89.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1457 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
DBRX: —, Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 29.3 (#268), Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1472 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 57.5 (#270), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1442 |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 33.7 (#258), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
DBRX: 33.6 (#275), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1477 |
Frequently asked questions
Is DBRX better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is DBRX or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do DBRX and Muse Spark share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.