Model comparison
Dolly 2.0-12b vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.
Databricks
MetaSummary
- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark leads 66.0 to 15.2.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 25.5 | 50.6 |
| Released | 2023-04-11 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 17 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1481 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1474 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 89.67 | 152.04 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |
Math Muse Spark leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1457 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | — | 1497 |
| LMArena German | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1472 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1442 |
Long Context Not comparable
Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1477 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Muse Spark share?
10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.