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Model comparison

Granite 4.1 8b vs Muse Spark 1.3

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Granite 4.1 8b IBM

37.4

Rank #205 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.3 Meta

54.8

Rank #27 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Granite 4.1 8b scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 73.1 to 36.4.
  • Granite 4.1 8b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Granite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
ProviderIBMMeta
Noometry Index37.454.8
Released—2026-09-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$4.25
Results tracked1337

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 30.1 (#297), Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena WebDev11921657
LMArena Coding13121514
CursorBench—41.6%
SciCode—59.7%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Granite 4.1 8b: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
APEX-Agents—57.8%
GDP.pdf—27.6%

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 25.7 (#143), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Hard Prompts12931503
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—26%
Chess Puzzles—38%
Mystery Game Puzzles—25%
DTBench—96.5%
LMCA—53.9%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.75

Math Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 36.4 (#166), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Math13121494
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.2%
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 36.1 (#174), Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Expert13091516

Multimodal Not comparable

Granite 4.1 8b: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Vision—1309
LMArena Document—1471

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 41.7 (#204), Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Non-English12611481
LMArena Chinese13371529
LMArena Russian12401490
LMArena French—1524
LMArena German—1515
LMArena Japanese—1474
LMArena Korean—1501
LMArena Spanish—1490

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 66.9 (#203), Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Instruction Following12691477

Long Context Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 38.7 (#193), Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Longer Query12751488

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Granite 4.1 8b: 48.1 (#204), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)

BenchmarkGranite 4.1 8bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text12901490
LMArena Creative Writing12511455
LMArena Multi-Turn12681482
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1906

Frequently asked questions

Is Granite 4.1 8b better than Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Is Granite 4.1 8b or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 30.1 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Granite 4.1 8b and Muse Spark 1.3 share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.1 8b has 13 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.

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