Model comparison
Mistral Nemo vs Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MetaSummary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Nemo scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 5 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 72.3 to 28.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 48.6% for Mistral Nemo and 94.7% for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Mistral Nemo is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.15 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Mistral Nemo has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 26.4 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2024-07-01 | 2026-08-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 128K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 128K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.15 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 10 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1533 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1495 |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Mistral Nemo: 23.5 (#125), Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 27.6% | — |
| BALROG | 17.6% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Mistral Nemo: 20.7 (#232), Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| DTBench | 48.6% | 94.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.68 | 154.87 |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1486 |
| LMCA | — | 48.4% |
| PIQA | 83.5% | — |
Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Mistral Nemo: 25.5 (#268), Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1471 |
| MATH Level 5 | 10.8% | — |
| GSM8K | 84.2% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Mistral Nemo: 12.3 (#298), Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 29.9% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1480 |
| BoolQ | 82.5% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1305 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1478 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1511 |
| LMArena French | — | 1513 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1498 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1461 |
Long Context Not comparable
Mistral Nemo: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1475 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Mistral Nemo: 28.5 (#296), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14)
| Benchmark | Mistral Nemo | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 881 | 1840 |
| LMArena Text | — | 1482 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1449 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1494 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Nemo better than Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 26.4 on the Noometry Index. Mistral Nemo costs 13× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.2's lead doesn't matter for your workload.
Which is cheaper, Mistral Nemo or Muse Spark 1.2?
Mistral Nemo is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.15 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Nemo and Muse Spark 1.2 share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Nemo has 10 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 31.