Model comparison

DeepSeek V4 Pro vs Muse Spark 1.1

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 49.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

DeepSeek V4 Pro DeepSeek

54.3

Rank #31 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.1 Meta

49.9

Rank #51 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher in 6 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 3 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where DeepSeek V4 Pro leads 64.8 to 45.5.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is APEX-Agents: 47.3% for DeepSeek V4 Pro and 31.8% for Muse Spark 1.1.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper at $0.66 / $1.98 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.1.
  • Muse Spark 1.1 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 1M.
  • DeepSeek V4 Pro has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

DeepSeek V4 Pro and Muse Spark 1.1 specifications
DeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
ProviderDeepSeekMeta
Noometry Index54.349.9
Released2026-04-242026-04-08
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window1M1.05M
Max output393K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.66$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$1.98$4.25
Results tracked4837

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Category by category

Coding DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 52.4 (#34), Muse Spark 1.1: 51.3 (#40)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena WebDev15821542
SciCode51%58.8%
LMArena Coding14701498
SWE-bench Verified77.6%—
DeepSWE—53.3%
FrontierCode28.6%—
WeirdML66.2%—
ALE-Bench1,403—

Agentic & Tool Use DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 32.8 (#58), Muse Spark 1.1: 30.8 (#73)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
APEX-Agents47.3%31.8%
Vending-Bench 23,2856,520
τ²-bench Banking—40.5%
GBAEval—7.9%
GDP.pdf—15%

Reasoning DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 56.5 (#24), Muse Spark 1.1: 47.1 (#44)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
NYT Connections (extended)91.3%84.9%
CritPt18%15.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14611486
DTBench93.9%94.4%
LMCA45.5%49.9%
Surface Evolver Bench40%52.5%
Epoch Capabilities Index155.31154.21
ARC-AGI-261.3%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark53.5%—
ARC-AGI-190.5%—
Chess Puzzles47%—
Mystery Game Puzzles43%—
ForecastBench56.1—

Math DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 64.8 (#30), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.5 (#76)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
ProofBench50%39%
LMArena Math14551483
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)64.6%—
FrontierMath Tier 426.8%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions76.6%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.6%—

Knowledge DeepSeek V4 Pro leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 59.5 (#31), Muse Spark 1.1: 53.1 (#59)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
SimpleQA Verified52.9%57.8%
LMArena Expert14641478
GPQA Diamond91.7%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

DeepSeek V4 Pro: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 42.6 (#29)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision—1293
LMArena Document—1465

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 54.4 (#45), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.7 (#17)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Non-English14391472
LMArena Chinese14861518
LMArena French14721494
LMArena German14581466
LMArena Japanese14451451
LMArena Korean14471458
LMArena Russian14531483
LMArena Spanish14581464

Instruction Following Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 76.1 (#47), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.5 (#39)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Instruction Following14481457

Long Context Too close to call

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 45.0 (#51), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#58)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Longer Query14581462
CL-bench Life13.5%—

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads

DeepSeek V4 Pro: 65.5 (#46), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.4 (#11)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkDeepSeek V4 ProMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text14511479
LMArena Creative Writing14461437
EQ-Bench Creative Writing15531927
EQ-Bench 411661260
LMArena Multi-Turn14671485

Frequently asked questions

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro better than Muse Spark 1.1?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.3 to 49.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V4 Pro or Muse Spark 1.1?

DeepSeek V4 Pro is cheaper. It lists at $0.66 per million input tokens and $1.98 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.1 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.

Is DeepSeek V4 Pro or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

DeepSeek V4 Pro scores higher on coding benchmarks: 52.4 versus 51.3 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.1 does, with 1.05M tokens against 1M.

How many benchmarks do DeepSeek V4 Pro and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek V4 Pro has 48 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 37.

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