Model comparison

Muse Spark vs Qwen3.5 35B-A3B

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 21 shared benchmarks.

Muse Spark Meta

50.6

Rank #46 Confirmed

Qwen3.5 35B-A3B Alibaba (Qwen)

42.0

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 21 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 47.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 51.5% for Muse Spark and 29.3% for Qwen3.5 35B-A3B.
  • Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Muse Spark and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B specifications
Muse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index50.642.0
Released2026-04-082026-02-01
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window—262K
Max output—66K
Input $ / M tokens—$0.25
Output $ / M tokens—$2
Results tracked2728

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 33.8 (#251)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
SciCode51.5%29.3%
LMArena Coding14811410
LMArena WebDev—1254

Reasoning Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 24.6 (#161)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
CritPt11.3%0.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14741400
Epoch Capabilities Index152.04142.52
Chess Puzzles—10%
DTBench—80%
LMCA—29.5%

Math Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 39.9 (#97)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%70%
LMArena Math14551404
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—56%
ProofBench17%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 47.8 (#79)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
GPQA Diamond89.8%83.5%
LMArena Expert14571408
Humanity's Last Exam40.6%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate—10.5%

Multimodal Not comparable

Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Vision1306—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 50.0 (#127)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Non-English14641378
LMArena Chinese15091457
LMArena French14971412
LMArena German14971367
LMArena Korean14591356
LMArena Russian14661376
LMArena Spanish14721392
LMArena Japanese—1325

Instruction Following Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 72.8 (#128)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Instruction Following14421379

Long Context Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 42.4 (#127)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Longer Query14511389

Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), Qwen3.5 35B-A3B: 57.9 (#124)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.5 35B-A3B
LMArena Text14741395
LMArena Creative Writing14591346
LMArena Multi-Turn14771390

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark better than Qwen3.5 35B-A3B?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 42.0 on the Noometry Index.

Is Muse Spark or Qwen3.5 35B-A3B better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 33.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B share?

21 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.5 35B-A3B has 28.

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