# Command A vs Muse Spark 1.2

> Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-a-vs-muse-spark-1-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 14

## Summary

- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 1 category and Muse Spark 1.2 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 50.4 to 17.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 48.4% for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Muse Spark 1.2 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 35.9 | 49.8 |
| Rank | 212 | 44 |
| Context | 256K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $4.25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command A: 26.8 (#317)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 48.6 (#49)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1331 | 1497 |
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1532 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command A: 35.7 (#36)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 29.5 (#77)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |

## Reasoning

- Command A: 17.7 (#276)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 50.4 (#32)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1490 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 94.7% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 48.4% |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 155.18 |

## Math

- Command A: 33.5 (#172)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 43.8 (#68)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| LMArena Math | 1300 | — |

## Knowledge

- Command A: 36.5 (#157)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 53.9 (#49)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1485 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command A: —
- Muse Spark 1.2: 42.6 (#24)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1304 |

## Multilingual

- Command A: 45.5 (#166)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 57.4 (#10)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1479 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1494 |
| LMArena French | 1352 | — |
| LMArena German | 1341 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1283 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1346 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command A: 69.3 (#172)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 77.1 (#30)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1466 |

## Long Context

- Command A: 40.6 (#147)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 45.4 (#35)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1483 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command A: 47.8 (#204)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 72.6 (#14)

| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1486 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1444 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1840 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1338 | 1504 |

## FAQ

### Is Command A better than Muse Spark 1.2?

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command A or Muse Spark 1.2?

Muse Spark 1.2 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command A or Muse Spark 1.2 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 26.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.

### How many benchmarks do Command A and Muse Spark 1.2 share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 28.