# Command R vs Muse Spark 1.3

> Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.4 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 7.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-muse-spark-1-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 72.4 to 25.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 46.4% for Command R and 96.5% for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Command R is cheaper at $0.15 / $0.60 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Muse Spark 1.3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 54.4 |
| Rank | 267 | 27 |
| Context | 128K | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | $4.25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R: 28.8 (#301)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 56.1 (#18)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1170 | 1516 |
| CursorBench | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1655 |
| SciCode | — | 59.7% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Command R: —
- Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#28)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 57.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 27.6% |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.3 (#329)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 52.9 (#27)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1503 |
| DTBench | 46.4% | 96.5% |
| LMCA | 9.2% | 53.9% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| CritPt | — | 24.9% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 38% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 25% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.89 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 25.8 (#244)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 72.4 (#16)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1497 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 99.2% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 30.5 (#219)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 42.0 (#92)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1516 |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R: —
- Muse Spark 1.3: 43.0 (#21)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1310 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1471 |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.9 (#240)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 57.8 (#6)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1485 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1527 |
| LMArena French | 1161 | 1534 |
| LMArena Korean | 1162 | 1513 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1491 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1150 | 1485 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.3 (#256)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 77.8 (#14)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1481 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#226)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 45.7 (#29)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1491 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.4 (#248)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 73.7 (#10)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1450 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1486 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1906 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.4 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index. Command R costs 7.6× less per token, which makes it the better buy when Muse Spark 1.3's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

### Which is cheaper, Command R or Muse Spark 1.3?

Command R is cheaper. It lists at $0.15 per million input tokens and $0.60 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.3 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.

### Is Command R or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.1 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

### Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.

### How many benchmarks do Command R and Muse Spark 1.3 share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 34.