Model comparison

Muse Spark vs Sonar

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index.

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Muse Spark Meta

50.6

Rank #46 Confirmed

Sonar Perplexity

38.5

Rank #187 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark leads 35.9 to 21.1.

Side by side

Muse Spark and Sonar specifications
Muse SparkSonar
ProviderMetaPerplexity
Noometry Index50.638.5
Released2026-04-082024-01-01
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—128K
Max output—4K
Input $ / M tokens—$1
Output $ / M tokens—$1
Results tracked277

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), Sonar: 35.7 (#221)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
SciCode51.5%—
LiveBench Coding—35.1%
LMArena Coding1481—

Reasoning Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), Sonar: 21.1 (#227)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
CritPt11.3%—
LiveBench Reasoning—46.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts1474—
LiveBench Data Analysis—37.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index152.04—
LiveBench—46.9%

Math Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), Sonar: 33.7 (#200)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
ProofBench17%—
LiveBench Math—41.6%
LMArena Math1455—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Not comparable

Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), Sonar: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
GPQA Diamond89.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam40.6%—
LMArena Expert1457—

Multimodal Not comparable

Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), Sonar: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
LMArena Vision1306—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Not comparable

Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), Sonar: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
LMArena Non-English1464—
LMArena Chinese1509—
LMArena French1497—
LMArena German1497—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Russian1466—
LMArena Spanish1472—

Instruction Following Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), Sonar: 71.4 (#150)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
LiveBench Instruction Following—76.2%
LMArena Instruction Following1442—

Long Context Not comparable

Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), Sonar: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
LMArena Longer Query1451—

Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), Sonar: 52.6 (#167)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkSonar
LMArena Text1474—
LMArena Creative Writing1459—
LMArena Multi-Turn1477—
LiveBench Language—44.1%

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark better than Sonar?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 38.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Muse Spark or Sonar better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 35.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Sonar share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.

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