Model comparison
Muse Spark 1.2 vs Qwen3.8 Flash
Muse Spark 1.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#48); Qwen3.8 Flash does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher in 0 categories and Qwen3.8 Flash in 1 category; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
- Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.47 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 1M.
Side by side
| Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 35.5 |
| Released | 2026-08-05 | 2026-08-26 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 1.05M | 1M |
| Max output | 131K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | $0.15 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.25 | $0.47 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 1 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| DeepSWE | 54.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1533 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 12% | — |
| SciCode | 56.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 60.3% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1495 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Qwen3.8 Flash leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87), Qwen3.8 Flash: 31.3
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| GDP.pdf | 16% | 16.6% |
| APEX-Agents | 36.4% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleBench | 74.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.2% | — |
| CritPt | 17.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1486 | — |
| DTBench | 94.7% | — |
| LMCA | 48.4% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.87 | — |
Math Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 43% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1471 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | 60.3% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1480 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1305 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1478 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1511 | — |
| LMArena French | 1513 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1487 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1498 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1461 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1475 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14), Qwen3.8 Flash: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Flash |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1482 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1449 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1840 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1494 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark 1.2 better than Qwen3.8 Flash?
Muse Spark 1.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#48); Qwen3.8 Flash does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.2 or Qwen3.8 Flash?
Qwen3.8 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.47 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 1M.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.2 and Qwen3.8 Flash share?
1 benchmark has published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.2 has 31 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Flash has 1.