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Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs Muse Spark 1.2

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.2 Meta

50.3

Rank #48 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 54.1 to 9.7.
  • Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index25.950.3
Released2024-06-242026-08-05
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$4.25
Results tracked3531

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Coding11731495
DeepSWE—54.9%
LMArena WebDev—1533
FrontierSWE—12%
SciCode—56.4%
WeirdML—60.3%
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
APEX-Agents—36.4%
GDP.pdf—16%

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Hard Prompts11711486
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83154.87
SimpleBench—74.5%
NYT Connections (extended)—79.2%
CritPt—17.7%
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
DTBench—94.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
LMCA—48.4%
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Math11831471
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%—
ProofBench—43%
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Expert11471480
GPQA Diamond27.5%—
SimpleQA Verified—60.3%
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Vision—1305

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Non-English11881478
LMArena Chinese11851511
LMArena French11901513
LMArena Russian12001487
LMArena Spanish12001498
LMArena German1186—
LMArena Japanese1144—
LMArena Korean1137—

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Instruction Following11781461
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Longer Query11971475

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.2
LMArena Text12071482
LMArena Creative Writing12061449
EQ-Bench Creative Writing8411840
LMArena Multi-Turn11931494
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than Muse Spark 1.2?

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or Muse Spark 1.2 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Muse Spark 1.2 share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 31.

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