Model comparison
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 9 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 45.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 73.2% for Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and 89.8% for Muse Spark.
- Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 43.5 | 50.6 |
| Released | 2026-04-02 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.0675 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.23 | — |
| Results tracked | 28 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 39.0 (#164), Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 40% | 51.5% |
| LMArena Coding | 1447 | 1481 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1359 | — |
| WeirdML | 35.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 927.17 | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 21.8 (#213), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 11.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1439 | 1474 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.85 | 152.04 |
| Chess Puzzles | 6% | — |
| DTBench | 74.9% | — |
| LMCA | 29.7% | — |
Math Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 47.6 (#67), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 82.2% | 88.9% |
| LMArena Math | 1470 | 1455 |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 45.7 (#85), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 73.2% | 89.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1447 | 1457 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.2% | — |
Multimodal Muse Spark leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 40.6 (#46), Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1260 | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 53.1 (#71), Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1421 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | 1460 | 1497 |
| LMArena Russian | 1434 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1417 | 1472 |
| LMArena German | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1459 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 74.8 (#82), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1442 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 43.6 (#91), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1428 | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Gemma 4 26B A4B IT: 58.6 (#115), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
| Benchmark | Gemma 4 26B A4B IT | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1434 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1402 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1441 | 1477 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1305 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 43.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Gemma 4 26B A4B IT or Muse Spark better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 39.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 4 26B A4B IT and Muse Spark share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 4 26B A4B IT has 28 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.