Model comparison
Muse Spark vs Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 43.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 41.8.
- Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 50.6 | 43.0 |
| Released | 2026-04-08 | 2025-09 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 33K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.50 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $2 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 25 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 42.5 (#98)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1481 | 1440 |
| SciCode | 51.5% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 31.1 (#81)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1474 | 1428 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | — | 66.7% |
| CritPt | 11.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.04 | — |
Math Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 38.8 (#126)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1440 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| Omni-MATH | — | 46.7% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 41.8 (#106)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1457 | 1417 |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | — | 78.6% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.3% |
| GPQA (HELM) | — | 63% |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 52.1 (#93)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | 1407 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1509 | 1460 |
| LMArena French | 1497 | 1413 |
| LMArena German | 1497 | 1417 |
| LMArena Korean | 1459 | 1364 |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | 1404 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | 1435 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1395 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 70.8 (#159)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1442 | 1389 |
| IFEval | — | 81% |
Long Context Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 37.0 (#223)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | 1403 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 55.6% |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct: 58.0 (#121)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | 1417 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1459 | 1334 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | 1416 |
| WildBench | — | 80.7% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark better than Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 43.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Spark or Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 42.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-Next 80B-A3B Instruct has 25.