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Model comparison

Dolly 2.0-12b vs Muse Spark 1.3

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 10 shared benchmarks.

Dolly 2.0-12b Databricks

25.5

Rank #342 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.3 Meta

54.8

Rank #27 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 10 benchmarks with published results for both. Dolly 2.0-12b scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 73.6 to 15.2.
  • Dolly 2.0-12b has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Dolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
ProviderDatabricksMeta
Noometry Index25.554.8
Released2023-04-112026-09-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$4.25
Results tracked1737

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 23.4 (#332), Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Coding7761514
CursorBench—41.6%
LMArena WebDev—1657
SciCode—59.7%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
APEX-Agents—57.8%
GDP.pdf—27.6%

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.3 (#316), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Hard Prompts8041503
Epoch Capabilities Index89.67156.75
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—26%
Chess Puzzles—38%
Mystery Game Puzzles—25%
DTBench—96.5%
LMCA—53.9%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14
HellaSwag70.8%—
PIQA75.4%—
WinoGrande61.8%—

Math Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 27.3 (#251), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Math8711494
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—99.2%
ProofBench—58%

Knowledge Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Expert—1516
ARC (AI2) Challenge39.6%—
BoolQ56.3%—
MMLU26.2%—
OpenBookQA39.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Vision—1309
LMArena Document—1471

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 17.4 (#296), Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Non-English8361481
LMArena Chinese8361529
LMArena French—1524
LMArena German—1515
LMArena Japanese—1474
LMArena Korean—1501
LMArena Russian—1490
LMArena Spanish—1490

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 38.7 (#304), Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Instruction Following8141477

Long Context Not comparable

Dolly 2.0-12b: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Longer Query—1488

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Dolly 2.0-12b: 15.2 (#311), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)

BenchmarkDolly 2.0-12bMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text8511490
LMArena Creative Writing8641455
LMArena Multi-Turn7401482
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1906

Frequently asked questions

Is Dolly 2.0-12b better than Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Dolly 2.0-12b or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 23.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Dolly 2.0-12b and Muse Spark 1.3 share?

10 benchmarks have published results for both models. Dolly 2.0-12b has 17 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.

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