Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Muse Spark
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.0 Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 9.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 2.8% for Granite 4.0 Micro and 88.9% for Muse Spark.
- Granite 4.0 Micro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 50.6 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1481 |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1474 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.04 |
Math Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1455 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1457 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1509 |
| LMArena French | — | 1497 |
| LMArena German | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1472 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1442 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1451 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1459 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1477 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Muse Spark?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Muse Spark share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.