Model comparison
Granite 4.1 30B vs Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#27); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 30B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 54.0 to 22.4.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 25.8% for Granite 4.1 30B and 59.7% for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Granite 4.1 30B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 34.0 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2026-04-29 | 2026-09-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 2 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 35.2, Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 25.8% | 59.7% |
| CursorBench | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1657 |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1514 |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 57.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 27.6% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Granite 4.1 30B: 22.4, Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 26% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 38% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1503 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 25% |
| DTBench | — | 96.5% |
| LMCA | — | 53.9% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.75 |
Math Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 99.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1494 |
Knowledge Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | — | 1516 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1471 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1481 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1529 |
| LMArena French | — | 1524 |
| LMArena German | — | 1515 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1474 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1501 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1490 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1477 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1488 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Granite 4.1 30B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.1 30B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1455 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1906 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1482 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.1 30B better than Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#27); Granite 4.1 30B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Is Granite 4.1 30B or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 30B and Muse Spark 1.3 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 30B has 2 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.