Model comparison
Command A vs Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Cohere
MetaSummary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Command A scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 73.1 to 36.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is LMCA: 10.3% for Command A and 53.9% for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2.50 / $10 for Command A.
- Muse Spark 1.3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 256K.
- Command A has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Cohere | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 36.5 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-13 | 2026-09-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | 256K | 1.05M |
| Max output | 8K | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2.50 | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 24 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 27.2 (#322), Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1330 | 1514 |
| Aider Polyglot | 12% | — |
| CursorBench | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1657 |
| SciCode | — | 59.7% |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 35.9 (#40), Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 57.8% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 57.1% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 27.6% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 18.3 (#283), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1326 | 1503 |
| DTBench | 61.3% | 96.5% |
| LMCA | 10.3% | 53.9% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 28.8% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| CritPt | — | 26% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 38% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 25% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.75 |
Math Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 36.2 (#171), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1300 | 1494 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 99.2% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 37.1 (#159), Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1295 | 1516 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 9.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Command A: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1471 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 45.3 (#170), Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1313 | 1481 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1327 | 1529 |
| LMArena French | 1351 | 1524 |
| LMArena German | 1341 | 1515 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1285 | 1474 |
| LMArena Korean | 1285 | 1501 |
| LMArena Russian | 1314 | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1347 | 1490 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 69.1 (#177), Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1309 | 1477 |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 40.6 (#151), Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1334 | 1488 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Command A: 47.6 (#208), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)
| Benchmark | Command A | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1331 | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1319 | 1455 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1145 | 1906 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1339 | 1482 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Command A better than Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Command A or Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Command A lists at $2.50 and $10.
Is Command A or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 27.2 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 256K.
How many benchmarks do Command A and Muse Spark 1.3 share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Command A has 24 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.