# Muse Spark vs Sonar

> Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

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

## Summary

- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark leads 46.8 to 31.3.

## Snapshot

| | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Perplexity |
| Noometry Index | 50.3 | 37.8 |
| Rank | 41 | 184 |
| Context | — | 128K |
| Input $/M | — | $1 |
| Output $/M | — | $1 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65)
- Sonar: 35.1 (#217)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 51.5% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 35.1% |
| LMArena Coding | 1482 | — |

## Reasoning

- Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61)
- Sonar: 20.3 (#221)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 11.3% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 46.3% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1475 | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 37.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.09 | — |
| LiveBench | — | 46.9% |

## Math

- Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57)
- Sonar: 31.3 (#197)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| LiveBench Math | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |

## Knowledge

- Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1458 | — |

## Multimodal

- Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |

## Multilingual

- Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1507 | — |
| LMArena French | 1497 | — |
| LMArena German | 1497 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1457 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1467 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1471 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47)
- Sonar: 71.5 (#146)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 76.2% |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1443 | — |

## Long Context

- Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65)
- Sonar: —

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37)
- Sonar: 52.6 (#166)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Sonar |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1460 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | — |
| LiveBench Language | — | 44.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Muse Spark better than Sonar?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 37.8 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Muse Spark or Sonar better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 35.1 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Sonar share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Sonar has 7.