# DBRX vs Muse Spark

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. DBRX 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 14.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is GPQA Diamond: 32.9% for DBRX and 89.8% for Muse Spark.
- DBRX has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.4 | 50.6 |
| Rank | 311 | 46 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- DBRX: 32.9 (#266)
- Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1132 | 1481 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| HumanEval+ | 70.1% | — |
| MBPP+ | 55.8% | — |

## Reasoning

- DBRX: 21.4 (#222)
- Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1113 | 1474 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 152.04 |

## Math

- DBRX: 24.3 (#269)
- Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1145 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| MATH Level 5 | 11.7% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |

## Knowledge

- DBRX: 14.9 (#294)
- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 32.9% | 89.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1076 | 1457 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |

## Multimodal

- DBRX: —
- Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |

## Multilingual

- DBRX: 29.3 (#268)
- Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1071 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1068 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | 1096 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1057 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 993 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1078 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1064 | 1472 |
| LMArena Japanese | 990 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DBRX: 57.5 (#270)
- Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1112 | 1442 |

## Long Context

- DBRX: 33.7 (#258)
- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1112 | 1451 |

## Writing & Preference

- DBRX: 33.6 (#275)
- Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)

| Benchmark | DBRX | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1119 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1104 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1111 | 1477 |

## FAQ

### Is DBRX better than Muse Spark?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 29.4 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DBRX or Muse Spark better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DBRX and Muse Spark share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. DBRX has 21 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.