Model comparison
Muse Spark 1.1 vs QwQ-32B
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher in 7 categories and QwQ-32B in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 45.9 to 22.9.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 49.9 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2026-04-08 | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 131K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.25 | — |
| Results tracked | 36 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 50.8 (#38), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1497 | 1333 |
| DeepSWE | 53.3% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1542 | — |
| SciCode | 58.8% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.1: 33.9 (#45), QwQ-32B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench Banking | 40.5% | — |
| GBAEval | 7.9% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 15% | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 6,520 | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 45.9 (#41), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1486 | 1326 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.32 | 137.6 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 84.9% | — |
| CritPt | 15.1% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| DTBench | 94.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| LMCA | 49.9% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | 52.5% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 44.0 (#67), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1477 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| ProofBench | 39% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 52.8 (#55), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1480 | 1323 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 57.8% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.1: 41.9 (#28), QwQ-32B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1292 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1465 | — |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 56.8 (#16), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1471 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1518 | 1378 |
| LMArena French | 1494 | 1337 |
| LMArena German | 1466 | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1445 | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | 1459 | 1278 |
| LMArena Russian | 1482 | 1297 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | 1353 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 76.8 (#36), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1457 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#55), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1463 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Muse Spark 1.1: 73.6 (#11), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1479 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1440 | 1288 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1927 | 1257 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1484 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1260 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark 1.1 better than QwQ-32B?
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Spark 1.1 or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.8 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.1 and QwQ-32B share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.1 has 36 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.