# Muse Spark vs Qwen2.5-Max

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/muse-spark-vs-qwen2-5-max
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 17

## Summary

- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 8 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 34.8.

## Snapshot

| | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 40.1 |
| Rank | 41 | 142 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.2 (#118)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1482 | 1359 |
| SciCode | 51.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |

## Reasoning

- Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 24.6 (#144)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1475 | 1360 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.09 | 132.54 |
| CritPt | 11.3% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |

## Math

- Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 34.3 (#162)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1455 | 1369 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 34.8 (#181)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1458 | 1337 |
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |

## Multimodal

- Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23)
- Qwen2.5-Max: —

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |

## Multilingual

- Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 48.3 (#140)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1497 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1497 | 1350 |
| LMArena Korean | 1457 | 1304 |
| LMArena Russian | 1467 | 1353 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | 1377 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1299 |

## Instruction Following

- Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 71.5 (#147)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1443 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |

## Long Context

- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 41.3 (#137)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | 1358 |

## Writing & Preference

- Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37)
- Qwen2.5-Max: 55.6 (#141)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1460 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |

## FAQ

### Is Muse Spark better than Qwen2.5-Max?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 40.1 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Muse Spark or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 41.2 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Qwen2.5-Max share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.