Model comparison

Muse Spark vs o1

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 22 shared benchmarks.

Muse Spark Meta

50.6

Rank #46 Confirmed

o1 OpenAI

40.9

Rank #143 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 8 categories and o1 in 1 category; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 41.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is Humanity's Last Exam: 40.6% for Muse Spark and 8% for o1.

Side by side

Muse Spark and o1 specifications
Muse Sparko1
ProviderMetaOpenAI
Noometry Index50.640.9
Released2026-04-082024-09-12
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—200K
Max output—100K
Input $ / M tokens—$15
Output $ / M tokens—$60
Results tracked2752

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Category by category

Coding Too close to call

Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), o1: 46.1 (#70)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
LMArena Coding14811367
Aider Polyglot—61.7%
SciCode51.5%—
WeirdML—47.6%
LiveBench Coding—69.7%
CadEval—56%
HumanEval+—89%
MBPP+—80.2%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Muse Spark: —, o1: 24.6 (#117)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
Cybench—10%
METR Time Horizons—51.1%

Reasoning Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), o1: 27.9 (#111)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
LMArena Hard Prompts14741371
Epoch Capabilities Index152.04141.91
SimpleBench—41.7%
ARC-AGI-1—30.7%
CritPt11.3%—
Chess Puzzles—15%
EnigmaEval—5.7%
LiveBench Reasoning—91.6%
DTBench—74.7%
LiveBench Data Analysis—65.5%
LMCA—22.3%
LiveBench—75.7%

Math Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), o1: 36.1 (#175)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%73.3%
LMArena Math14551388
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%9.3%
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—14.7%
ProofBench17%—
LiveBench Math—80.3%
MATH Level 5—94.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), o1: 41.5 (#110)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
GPQA Diamond89.8%76.8%
Humanity's Last Exam40.6%8%
LMArena Expert14571361
SimpleQA Verified—41.1%
Confabulations—11.7%

Multimodal Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), o1: 34.2 (#93)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
LMArena Vision13061168
GeoBench—80%
VPCT—37%
LMArena Document1444—
SpatialViz-Bench—41.4%

Multilingual Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), o1: 48.6 (#142)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
LMArena Non-English14641358
LMArena Chinese15091394
LMArena French14971344
LMArena German14971337
LMArena Korean14591396
LMArena Russian14661356
LMArena Spanish14721345
LMArena Japanese—1346

Instruction Following Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), o1: 74.8 (#86)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
LMArena Instruction Following14421367
LiveBench Instruction Following—81.5%

Long Context o1 leads

Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), o1: 50.3 (#9)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
LMArena Longer Query14511378
Fiction.LiveBench—83.3%

Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), o1: 55.6 (#144)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Sparko1
LMArena Text14741366
LMArena Creative Writing14591348
LMArena Multi-Turn14771369
Short-Story Creative Writing—70.2%
LiveBench Language—65.4%

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark better than o1?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 40.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Muse Spark or o1 better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (46.2 vs 46.1); test both on your own repository before choosing.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and o1 share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and o1 has 52.

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