Model comparison
Gemma 2 27B vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 27B 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 19.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.4% for Gemma 2 27B and 88.9% for Muse Spark.
- Gemma 2 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 50.6 |
| Released | 2024-06-24 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 8K | — |
| Max output | 2K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.65 | — |
| Results tracked | 34 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 34.1 (#246), Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1211 | 1481 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 36% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 52.5% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 15.3 (#315), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1198 | 1474 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.08 | 152.04 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 28.1% | — |
| DTBench | 48% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 47.9% | — |
| LMCA | 7.1% | — |
| LiveBench | 38.2% | — |
Math Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 10.7 (#311), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.4% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1212 | 1455 |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| LiveBench Math | 26.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 27.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 19.0 (#280), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 36.5% | 89.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1172 | 1457 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| Confabulations | 27.1% | — |
| MMLU | 75.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2 27B: —, Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 38.6 (#226), Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1217 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1221 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | 1247 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1209 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1174 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1234 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1228 | 1472 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 60.5 (#249), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1206 | 1442 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 58.1% | — |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 37.3 (#218), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1231 | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2 27B: 44.2 (#225), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2 27B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1231 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1241 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1224 | 1477 |
| LiveBench Language | 32.6% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2 27B better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2 27B or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 34.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 27B and Muse Spark share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 27B has 34 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.