Model comparison
Muse Spark 1.3 vs Qwen2.5 14B Instruct
Muse Spark 1.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#27); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
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Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- The widest gap is in coding, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 56.1 to 37.1.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper at $0.35 / $1.40 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Muse Spark 1.3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 131K.
- Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 54.4 | 38.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-02 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 131K |
| Max output | 131K | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | $0.35 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.25 | $1.40 |
| Results tracked | 34 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Muse Spark 1.3: 56.1 (#18), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: 37.1 (#187)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| CursorBench | 41.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1655 | — |
| SciCode | 59.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 39.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1516 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 52.2% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#28), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 57.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 27.6% | — |
Reasoning Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 52.9 (#27), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 85.1% | — |
| CritPt | 24.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 38% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1503 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 25% | — |
| DTBench | 96.5% | — |
| LMCA | 53.9% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | 0.14 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 156.89 | — |
Math Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 72.4 (#16), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 74.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1497 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 42.0 (#92), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | — |
| MMLU | — | 79.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 43.0 (#21), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1310 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1471 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 57.8 (#6), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1485 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1527 | — |
| LMArena French | 1534 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1513 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1491 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1485 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 77.8 (#14), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1481 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 45.7 (#29), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1491 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 73.7 (#10), Qwen2.5 14B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Qwen2.5 14B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1490 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1450 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1906 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1486 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark 1.3 better than Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Muse Spark 1.3 has enough public results to be ranked (#27); Qwen2.5 14B Instruct does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.
Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct?
Qwen2.5 14B Instruct is cheaper. It lists at $0.35 per million input tokens and $1.40 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.3 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.
Is Muse Spark 1.3 or Qwen2.5 14B Instruct better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.1 versus 37.1 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 131K.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.3 and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.3 has 34 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 14B Instruct has 3.