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Model comparison

Muse Spark 1.2 vs Pixtral Large

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.

Muse Spark 1.2 Meta

50.3

Rank #48 Confirmed

Pixtral Large Mistral AI

32.2

Rank #259 Reported

Summary

  • They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 72.3 to 32.9.
  • Muse Spark 1.2 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
  • Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
  • Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Muse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
ProviderMetaMistral AI
Noometry Index50.332.2
Released2026-08-052024-11-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M128K
Max output131K128K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$2
Output $ / M tokens$4.25$6
Results tracked313

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
DeepSWE54.9%—
LMArena WebDev1533—
FrontierSWE12%—
SciCode56.4%—
WeirdML60.3%—
LMArena Coding1495—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
APEX-Agents36.4%—
GDP.pdf16%—

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
SimpleBench74.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.2%—
CritPt17.7%—
EnigmaEval—0.8%
LMArena Hard Prompts1486—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA48.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.87—

Math Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
ProofBench43%—
LMArena Math1471—

Knowledge Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
SimpleQA Verified60.3%—
LMArena Expert1480—

Multimodal Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
LMArena Vision13051089

Multilingual Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
LMArena Non-English1478—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1513—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1498—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
LMArena Instruction Following1461—

Long Context Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48), Pixtral Large: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Pixtral Large
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840988
LMArena Text1482—
LMArena Creative Writing1449—
LMArena Multi-Turn1494—

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark 1.2 better than Pixtral Large?

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.2 or Pixtral Large?

Muse Spark 1.2 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.

Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.2 and Pixtral Large share?

2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.2 has 31 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.

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