Model comparison
Muse Spark vs Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
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- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 8 categories and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 29.1.
- Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 50.6 | 29.3 |
| Released | 2026-04-08 | 2024-04-23 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 27 | 32 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.9 (#318)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1481 | 1101 |
| SciCode | 51.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 20.3% |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 14.8 (#323)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1474 | 1100 |
| CritPt | 11.3% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 15.9% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 30.3% |
| Adversarial NLI | — | 58.1% |
| BIG-Bench Hard | — | 79.1% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.04 | — |
| HellaSwag | — | 77% |
| LiveBench | — | 24% |
| WinoGrande | — | 81.5% |
Math Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 27.6 (#248)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1151 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 17.6% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 29.1 (#240)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1457 | 1067 |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 90.7% |
| MMLU | — | 75.7% |
| OpenBookQA | — | 88% |
| TriviaQA | — | 58.1% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 28.5 (#272)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | 1058 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1509 | 1061 |
| LMArena French | 1497 | 1135 |
| LMArena German | 1497 | 1080 |
| LMArena Korean | 1459 | 894 |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | 1111 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | 1111 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 966 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 51.9 (#292)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1442 | 1087 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 47.2% |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 33.0 (#267)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | 1088 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct: 31.1 (#284)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | 1110 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1459 | 1083 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | 1068 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 12.9% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark better than Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.3 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Spark or Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 27.9 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Phi 3 Small 8k Instruct has 32.