Model comparison
Grok 4 vs Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 48.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 18 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 18 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4 scores higher in 5 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 5 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Grok 4 leads 63.1 to 45.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is WeirdML: 45.7% for Grok 4 and 60.3% for Muse Spark 1.2.
Side by side
| Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 48.1 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2025-07-09 | 2026-08-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 48 | 31 |
Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry
Category by category
Coding Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 50.3 (#46), Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 45.7% | 60.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1408 | 1495 |
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| Aider Polyglot | 79.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1533 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 32.3 (#68), Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 27.2% | — |
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 63% | — |
| GDPval | 21.1% | — |
| Cybench | 43% | — |
| DeepResearch Bench | 47.3% | — |
| BALROG | 43.6% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |
| LMArena Search | 1142 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | 66.6% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Grok 4: 36.7 (#65), Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 60.5% | 74.5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1409 | 1486 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.44 | 154.87 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 16% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 73.6% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 66.7% | — |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| Chess Puzzles | 28% | — |
| DTBench | — | 94.7% |
| LMCA | — | 48.4% |
| ForecastBench | 60.9 | — |
Math Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 48.4 (#64), Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1422 | 1471 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 84% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| Omni-MATH | 60.3% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 19.7% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 2.1% | — |
Knowledge Too close to call
Grok 4: 53.8 (#55), Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1415 | 1480 |
| GPQA Diamond | 87% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 85.1% | — |
| Confabulations | 12.4% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 72.7% | — |
Multimodal Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Grok 4: 33.7 (#94), Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1210 | 1305 |
| GeoBench | 45% | — |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Grok 4: 51.8 (#103), Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1403 | 1478 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1427 | 1511 |
| LMArena French | 1418 | 1513 |
| LMArena Russian | 1410 | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1420 | 1498 |
| LMArena German | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1394 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1377 | — |
Instruction Following Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 79.2 (#5), Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1461 |
| IFEval | 94.9% | — |
Long Context Grok 4 leads
Grok 4: 63.1 (#4), Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1409 | 1475 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 94.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Grok 4: 58.5 (#116), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1411 | 1482 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1397 | 1449 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1416 | 1494 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 76.9% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1840 |
| WildBench | 79.7% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4 better than Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 48.1 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4 or Muse Spark 1.2 better for coding?
Grok 4 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.3 versus 49.2 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4 and Muse Spark 1.2 share?
18 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4 has 48 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 31.