Model comparison
Falcon-180B vs Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. Falcon-180B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 72.6 to 29.3.
- Falcon-180B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Technology Innovation Institute | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.8 | 49.8 |
| Released | 2023-09-06 | 2026-08-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 16 | 28 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 48.6 (#49)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1532 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1497 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 29.5 (#77)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Falcon-180B: 18.3 (#266), Muse Spark 1.2: 50.4 (#32)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1007 | 1490 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 111.89 | 155.18 |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| DTBench | — | 94.7% |
| LMCA | — | 48.4% |
| HellaSwag | 89% | — |
| LAMBADA | 79.8% | — |
| PIQA | 84.9% | — |
| WinoGrande | 87.1% | — |
Math Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 43.8 (#68)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| GSM8K | 54.4% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 53.9 (#49)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1485 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 67.8% | — |
| BoolQ | 89% | — |
| MMLU | 70.6% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 64.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 42.6 (#24)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1304 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Falcon-180B: 25.3 (#281), Muse Spark 1.2: 57.4 (#10)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1000 | 1479 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1494 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Falcon-180B: 53.6 (#281), Muse Spark 1.2: 77.1 (#30)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1047 | 1466 |
Long Context Not comparable
Falcon-180B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 45.4 (#35)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1483 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Falcon-180B: 29.3 (#290), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.6 (#14)
| Benchmark | Falcon-180B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1054 | 1486 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1089 | 1444 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1013 | 1504 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1840 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Falcon-180B better than Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 31.8 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Falcon-180B and Muse Spark 1.2 share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. Falcon-180B has 16 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 28.