# Dolly 2.0-12b vs Muse Spark

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/dolly-2-0-12b-vs-muse-spark
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 10

## Summary

- They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark leads 66.2 to 15.3.
- Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Databricks | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 24.9 | 50.3 |
| Rank | 339 | 41 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.0 (#327)
- Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 776 | 1482 |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |

## Reasoning

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 14.6 (#315)
- Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 804 | 1475 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 88.94 | 152.09 |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| HellaSwag | 70.8% | — |
| PIQA | 75.4% | — |
| WinoGrande | 61.8% | — |

## Math

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 25.0 (#250)
- Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 871 | 1455 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | — | 17% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |

## Knowledge

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1458 |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | 39.6% | — |
| BoolQ | 56.3% | — |
| MMLU | 26.2% | — |
| OpenBookQA | 39.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1444 |

## Multilingual

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#291)
- Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 836 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 836 | 1507 |
| LMArena French | — | 1497 |
| LMArena German | — | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1457 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1467 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1471 |

## Instruction Following

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.9 (#299)
- Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 814 | 1443 |

## Long Context

- Dolly 2.0-12b: —
- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1451 |

## Writing & Preference

- Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#306)
- Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37)

| Benchmark | Dolly 2.0-12b | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 851 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 864 | 1460 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 740 | 1477 |

## FAQ

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Muse Spark?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 24.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Muse Spark better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 23.0 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Muse Spark share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.