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Model comparison

Muse Glimmer vs Muse Spark 1.1

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Muse Glimmer Meta

41.7

Rank #131 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.1 Meta

49.9

Rank #51 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Glimmer scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 47.1 to 25.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 44.9% for Muse Glimmer and 58.8% for Muse Spark 1.1.
  • Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Muse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
ProviderMetaMeta
Noometry Index41.749.9
Released2026-08-102026-04-08
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$4.25
Results tracked1537

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142), Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena WebDev13551542
SciCode44.9%58.8%
LMArena Coding14161498
DeepSWE—53.3%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Muse Glimmer: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
APEX-Agents—31.8%
τ²-bench Banking—40.5%
GBAEval—7.9%
GDP.pdf—15%
Vending-Bench 2—6,520

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144), Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
CritPt2.6%15.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts13961486
NYT Connections (extended)—84.9%
DTBench—94.4%
LMCA—49.9%
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index—154.21

Math Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Math14171483
ProofBench—39%

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143), Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Expert13861478
SimpleQA Verified—57.8%

Multimodal Not comparable

Muse Glimmer: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision—1293
LMArena Document—1465

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Non-English13841472
LMArena Chinese14121518
LMArena Russian13901483
LMArena French—1494
LMArena German—1466
LMArena Japanese—1451
LMArena Korean—1458
LMArena Spanish—1464

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Instruction Following13751457

Long Context Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Longer Query13821462

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)

BenchmarkMuse GlimmerMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text13891479
LMArena Creative Writing13391437
LMArena Multi-Turn13991485
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1927
EQ-Bench 4—1260

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Glimmer better than Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Muse Glimmer or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Muse Glimmer and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Glimmer has 15 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.

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