Model comparison
Muse Spark 1.2 vs QwQ-32B
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark 1.2 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 1.2 leads 50.4 to 22.9.
- QwQ-32B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 49.8 | 39.4 |
| Released | 2026-08-05 | 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 | 28 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 48.6 (#49), QwQ-32B: 34.9 (#220)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1497 | 1333 |
| DeepSWE | 54.9% | — |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1532 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 12% | — |
| SciCode | 56.4% | — |
| WeirdML | 60.3% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 29.5 (#77), QwQ-32B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 36.4% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 16% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 50.4 (#32), QwQ-32B: 22.9 (#171)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1490 | 1326 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 155.18 | 137.6 |
| SimpleBench | 74.5% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 79.2% | — |
| CritPt | 17.7% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| DTBench | 94.7% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| LMCA | 48.4% | — |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 43.8 (#68), QwQ-32B: 36.2 (#123)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| ProofBench | 43% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1359 |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 53.9 (#49), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#150)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1485 | 1323 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 60.3% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.2: 42.6 (#24), QwQ-32B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1304 | — |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 57.4 (#10), QwQ-32B: 45.0 (#171)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1479 | 1306 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1519 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1494 | 1297 |
| LMArena French | — | 1337 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1263 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1278 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1353 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 77.1 (#30), QwQ-32B: 72.8 (#131)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1466 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 45.4 (#35), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1483 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Muse Spark 1.2: 72.6 (#14), QwQ-32B: 50.9 (#175)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1486 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1444 | 1288 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1840 | 1257 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1504 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark 1.2 better than QwQ-32B?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Spark 1.2 or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 34.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.2 and QwQ-32B share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.2 has 28 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.