Model comparison
Muse Spark vs Qwen3.6 27B
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 5 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 5 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 4 categories and Qwen3.6 27B in 1 category; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark leads 66.2 to 50.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 51.5% for Muse Spark and 37.3% for Qwen3.6 27B.
- Qwen3.6 27B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 41.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-08 | 2026-04-22 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 262K |
| Max output | — | 66K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.60 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $3.60 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65), Qwen3.6 27B: 38.5 (#162)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 51.5% | 37.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1482 | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61), Qwen3.6 27B: 24.4 (#148)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 11.3% | 0.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.09 | 146.47 |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 22% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1475 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 7% |
| DTBench | — | 78.1% |
| LMCA | — | 34.5% |
Math Too close to call
Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57), Qwen3.6 27B: 47.5 (#56)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | 91.1% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 35.1% |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12), Qwen3.6 27B: 52.4 (#58)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | 85.9% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1458 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | — |
| LMArena French | 1497 | — |
| LMArena German | 1497 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1467 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1443 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65), Qwen3.6 27B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37), Qwen3.6 27B: 50.3 (#180)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3.6 27B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1460 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1026 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark better than Qwen3.6 27B?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 41.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Spark or Qwen3.6 27B better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 38.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Qwen3.6 27B share?
5 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.6 27B has 11.