# Command R+ vs Muse Spark 1.1

> Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-plus-vs-muse-spark-1-1
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R+ scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 47.1 to 9.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 5% for Command R+ and 49.9% for Muse Spark 1.1.
- Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command R+.
- Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R+ has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 32.4 | 49.9 |
| Rank | 257 | 51 |
| Context | 128K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $2.50 | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | $10 | $4.25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R+: 29.1 (#309)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1187 | 1498 |
| DeepSWE | — | 53.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1542 |
| SciCode | — | 58.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 33.8% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 19.1% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 41.9% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 56.7% | — |
| MBPP+ | 63.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R+: —
- Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | 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

- Command R+: 9.2 (#344)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1186 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 54.9% | 94.4% |
| LMCA | 5% | 49.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 119.34 | 154.21 |
| SimpleBench | 17.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 84.9% |
| CritPt | — | 15.1% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 24.8% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 38.1% | — |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 52.5% |
| LiveBench | 31.8% | — |

## Math

- Command R+: 28.9 (#242)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1188 | 1483 |
| ProofBench | — | 39% |
| LiveBench Math | 21.3% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R+: 36.4 (#169)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1174 | 1478 |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 57.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 6.9% | — |
| MMLU | 69.4% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R+: —
- Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1293 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1465 |

## Multilingual

- Command R+: 38.6 (#227)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1216 | 1472 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1226 | 1518 |
| LMArena French | 1209 | 1494 |
| LMArena German | 1216 | 1466 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1166 | 1451 |
| LMArena Korean | 1138 | 1458 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1483 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1189 | 1464 |

## Instruction Following

- Command R+: 60.0 (#254)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1197 | 1457 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 57.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R+: 37.3 (#219)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1230 | 1462 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R+: 43.5 (#228)
- Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)

| Benchmark | Command R+ | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1229 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1235 | 1437 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1213 | 1485 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1927 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1260 |
| LiveBench Language | 29.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R+ better than Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 32.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Which is cheaper, Command R+ or Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Command R+ lists at $2.50 and $10.

### Is Command R+ or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.3 versus 29.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.1 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R+ and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R+ has 34 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.