Model comparison
Gemma 2B vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 7 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark leads 66.2 to 24.1.
- Gemma 2B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 2B | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 29.1 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2024-02-21 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 23 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2B: 28.9 (#300), Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1010 | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 20.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 34.1% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2B: 17.9 (#275), Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 989 | 1475 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 93.57 | 152.09 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | 35.2% | — |
| HellaSwag | 71.4% | — |
| PIQA | 77.3% | — |
| WinoGrande | 65.4% | — |
Math Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2B: 27.6 (#237), Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1009 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
| GSM8K | 17.7% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1458 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 42.1% | — |
| BoolQ | 69.4% | — |
| MMLU | 42.3% | — |
| TriviaQA | 53.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 2B: —, Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2B: 23.1 (#289), Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 958 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 986 | 1507 |
| LMArena Russian | 937 | 1467 |
| LMArena French | — | 1497 |
| LMArena German | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1457 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1471 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2B: 48.8 (#297), Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 971 | 1443 |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2B: 29.9 (#286), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 981 | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Gemma 2B: 24.1 (#303), Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37)
| Benchmark | Gemma 2B | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1002 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 986 | 1460 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 945 | 1477 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 2B better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 29.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 2B or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 28.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 2B and Muse Spark share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2B has 23 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.