# Command R vs Muse Spark

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/command-r-vs-muse-spark
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 16

## Summary

- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Command R scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 30.5.
- Command R has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 31.0 | 50.3 |
| Rank | 267 | 41 |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.15 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.60 | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Command R: 28.8 (#301)
- Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1170 | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 37.1% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 17.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 45.2% | — |

## Reasoning

- Command R: 13.3 (#329)
- Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1164 | 1475 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 21.9% | — |
| DTBench | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 33.3% | — |
| LMCA | 9.2% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.09 |
| LiveBench | 27.5% | — |

## Math

- Command R: 25.8 (#244)
- Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1155 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| LiveBench Math | 19.4% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |

## Knowledge

- Command R: 30.5 (#219)
- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1138 | 1458 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| MMLU | 65.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Command R: —
- Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |

## Multilingual

- Command R: 35.9 (#240)
- Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1174 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1182 | 1507 |
| LMArena French | 1161 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1176 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1162 | 1457 |
| LMArena Russian | 1174 | 1467 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1150 | 1471 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1143 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Command R: 58.3 (#256)
- Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1167 | 1443 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 55.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Command R: 36.3 (#226)
- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1198 | 1451 |

## Writing & Preference

- Command R: 38.4 (#248)
- Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37)

| Benchmark | Command R | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1187 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1170 | 1460 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1163 | 1477 |
| LiveBench Language | 16.7% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Command R better than Muse Spark?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 31.0 on the Noometry Index.

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

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 28.8 in the Noometry coding category.

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

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command R has 29 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.