# Claude 3 Sonnet vs Muse Spark 1.1

> Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/claude-3-sonnet-vs-muse-spark-1-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 45.5 to 10.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 53.6% for Claude 3 Sonnet and 94.4% for Muse Spark 1.1.

## Snapshot

| | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 49.9 |
| Rank | 319 | 51 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $4.25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1498 |
| DeepSWE | — | 53.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1542 |
| SciCode | — | 58.8% |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Claude 3 Sonnet: —
- Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 31.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 40.5% |
| GBAEval | — | 7.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 15% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 6,520 |

## Reasoning

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 53.6% | 94.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | 154.21 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 84.9% |
| CritPt | — | 15.1% |
| LMCA | — | 49.9% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 52.5% |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |

## Math

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1483 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 39% |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |

## Knowledge

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1478 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 57.8% |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | 1293 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1465 |

## Multilingual

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1518 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | 1494 |
| LMArena German | 1204 | 1466 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1483 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | 1464 |

## Instruction Following

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1457 |

## Long Context

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1462 |

## Writing & Preference

- Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)

| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1437 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1485 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1927 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1260 |

## FAQ

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.