# Muse Spark vs Qwen Max

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/muse-spark-vs-qwen-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 19

## Summary

- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 30.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 88.9% for Muse Spark and 16.1% for Qwen Max.

## Snapshot

| | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 50.6 | 34.7 |
| Rank | 46 | 230 |
| Context | — | 33K |
| Input $/M | — | $1.60 |
| Output $/M | — | $6.40 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)
- Qwen Max: 30.7 (#292)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1481 | 1288 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 21.8% |
| SciCode | 51.5% | — |

## Reasoning

- Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)
- Qwen Max: 25.1 (#151)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1474 | 1269 |
| CritPt | 11.3% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.04 | — |

## Math

- Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)
- Qwen Max: 22.3 (#276)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | 16.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1275 |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | 1% |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | — | 67.2% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)
- Qwen Max: 30.3 (#228)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | 56.1% |
| LMArena Expert | 1457 | 1248 |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |

## Multimodal

- Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)
- Qwen Max: —

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |

## Multilingual

- Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)
- Qwen Max: 41.8 (#202)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | 1263 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1509 | 1254 |
| LMArena French | 1497 | 1330 |
| LMArena German | 1497 | 1254 |
| LMArena Korean | 1459 | 1142 |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | 1274 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | 1290 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1205 |

## Instruction Following

- Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)
- Qwen Max: 66.5 (#208)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1442 | 1262 |

## Long Context

- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)
- Qwen Max: 39.4 (#180)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | 1288 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 66.7% |

## Writing & Preference

- Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)
- Qwen Max: 47.8 (#205)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | 1282 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1459 | 1248 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | 1277 |

## FAQ

### Is Muse Spark better than Qwen Max?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 34.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Muse Spark or Qwen Max better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 30.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Qwen Max share?

19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen Max has 23.