Model comparison
Muse Spark vs Qwen2.5 7B Instruct
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 3 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 3 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 6 categories and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct in 0 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 17.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 88.9% for Muse Spark and 2.5% for Qwen2.5 7B Instruct.
- Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 50.6 | 29.0 |
| Released | 2026-04-08 | 2024-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.17 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 36.5 (#208)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 51.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 37.6% |
| LMArena Coding | 1481 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 46.1% |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Muse Spark: —, Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 23.8 (#124)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| BALROG | — | 7.8% |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 14.8 (#322)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.04 | 118.51 |
| CritPt | 11.3% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1474 | — |
| DTBench | — | 47.7% |
| LMCA | — | 6.4% |
Math Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 12.6 (#306)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | 2.5% |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 29.4% |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 17.0 (#286)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | 35.5% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 53.9% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 34.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1457 | — |
| MMLU | — | 72.9% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1509 | — |
| LMArena French | 1497 | — |
| LMArena German | 1497 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 63.2 (#231)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | — | 74.1% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1442 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), Qwen2.5 7B Instruct: 48.8 (#195)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5 7B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1459 | — |
| WildBench | — | 73.1% |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark better than Qwen2.5 7B Instruct?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Spark or Qwen2.5 7B Instruct better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 36.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct share?
3 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5 7B Instruct has 15.