# Grok-2 (Dec 2024) vs Muse Spark 1.3

> Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-2-vs-muse-spark-1-3
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 20

## Summary

- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) 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 73.1 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 11.5% for Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and 99.2% for Muse Spark 1.3.

## Snapshot

| | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 33.7 | 54.8 |
| Rank | 239 | 27 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $4.25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 33.3 (#258)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1287 | 1514 |
| CursorBench | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1657 |
| SciCode | — | 59.7% |
| WeirdML | 22.2% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 46.4% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
- Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 57.8% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 27.6% |

## Reasoning

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 16.9 (#299)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1272 | 1503 |
| DTBench | 65.2% | 96.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 130.48 | 156.75 |
| SimpleBench | 22.7% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| CritPt | — | 26% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 38% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 54.8% | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 25% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 54.5% | — |
| LMCA | — | 53.9% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| LiveBench | 54.3% | — |

## Math

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 20.8 (#284)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 11.5% | 99.2% |
| LMArena Math | 1283 | 1494 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| LiveBench Math | 54.9% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 63.5% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0.7% | — |

## Knowledge

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 29.8 (#233)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1254 | 1516 |
| GPQA Diamond | 53.8% | — |
| Confabulations | 20.1% | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): —
- Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1471 |

## Multilingual

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 43.1 (#188)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1282 | 1481 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1289 | 1529 |
| LMArena French | 1318 | 1524 |
| LMArena German | 1287 | 1515 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1244 | 1474 |
| LMArena Korean | 1237 | 1501 |
| LMArena Russian | 1286 | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1281 | 1490 |

## Instruction Following

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 66.9 (#202)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1270 | 1477 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 69.6% | — |

## Long Context

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 38.8 (#190)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1276 | 1488 |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok-2 (Dec 2024): 48.6 (#198)
- Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)

| Benchmark | Grok-2 (Dec 2024) | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1305 | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1284 | 1455 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1290 | 1482 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | 63.6% | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1906 |
| LiveBench Language | 45.6% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) better than Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok-2 (Dec 2024) or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 33.3 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok-2 (Dec 2024) and Muse Spark 1.3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok-2 (Dec 2024) has 34 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.