# Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) vs Muse Spark

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 48.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-20-vs-muse-spark
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 22

## Summary

- They share 22 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) scores higher in 3 categories and Muse Spark in 6 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) leads 52.3 to 35.9.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 48.6 | 50.6 |
| Rank | 54 | 46 |
| Context | 1M | — |
| Input $/M | $1.25 | — |
| Output $/M | $2.50 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 42.1 (#112)
- Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1459 | 1481 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1375 | — |
| SciCode | — | 51.5% |
| WeirdML | 52.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 1,150 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 34.4 (#46)
- Muse Spark: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 57.3% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 18% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1189 | — |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 4,663 | — |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.3 (#32)
- Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1474 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 151.98 | 152.04 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 65.1% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 75% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 85.4% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 89.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 11.3% |
| Chess Puzzles | 24% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.8% | — |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LMCA | 38.7% | — |
| ForecastBench | 61.4 | — |

## Math

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 48.2 (#65)
- Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 92.2% | 88.9% |
| ProofBench | 14% | 17% |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1455 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 44.9% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 17.1% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | — | 39% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | — | 14.6% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 52.8 (#60)
- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.3% | 89.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1439 | 1457 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | — | 40.6% |
| SimpleQA Verified | 30.2% | — |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 33.3 (#98)
- Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1263 | 1306 |
| LMArena Document | 1416 | 1444 |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 0% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 54.5 (#40)
- Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1441 | 1464 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1481 | 1509 |
| LMArena French | 1476 | 1497 |
| LMArena German | 1465 | 1497 |
| LMArena Korean | 1417 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1458 | 1466 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1443 | 1472 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1449 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 74.8 (#83)
- Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1420 | 1442 |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 45.5 (#34)
- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1437 | 1451 |
| CL-bench | 22.2% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 11.9% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning): 65.7 (#44)
- Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)

| Benchmark | Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) | Muse Spark |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1451 | 1474 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1438 | 1459 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1456 | 1477 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1574 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) better than Muse Spark?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 48.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) or Muse Spark better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 42.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) and Muse Spark share?

22 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.20 (Non-Reasoning) has 46 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.