Noometry

Model comparison

Gemma 2 9B vs Muse Spark 1.3

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.

Gemma 2 9B Google

25.9

Rank #341 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.3 Meta

54.8

Rank #27 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 2 9B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 73.1 to 9.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 0.6% for Gemma 2 9B and 99.2% for Muse Spark 1.3.
  • Gemma 2 9B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index25.954.8
Released2024-06-242026-09-02
WeightsOpenProprietary
Context window—1.05M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.25
Output $ / M tokens—$4.25
Results tracked3537

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 29.4 (#304), Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Coding11731514
CursorBench—41.6%
LMArena WebDev—1657
SciCode—59.7%
BigCodeBench Instruct34.7%—
LiveBench Coding22.5%—
BigCodeBench Complete40.6%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
APEX-Agents—57.8%
GDP.pdf—27.6%

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 15.9 (#309), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Hard Prompts11711503
Epoch Capabilities Index119.83156.75
NYT Connections (extended)—85.1%
CritPt—26%
Chess Puzzles—38%
LiveBench Reasoning15.2%—
Mystery Game Puzzles—25%
DTBench—96.5%
LiveBench Data Analysis36.4%—
LMCA—53.9%
Bench to the Future 3—0.14
LiveBench28.7%—
PIQA83.7%—

Math Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.9 (#318), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20250.6%99.2%
LMArena Math11831494
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.4%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
ProofBench—58%
LiveBench Math19.8%—
MATH Level 521%—
GSM8K84.9%—

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 9.7 (#305), Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Expert11471516
GPQA Diamond27.5%—
BoolQ85.7%—
MMLU72.1%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemma 2 9B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Vision—1309
LMArena Document—1471

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.6 (#238), Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Non-English11881481
LMArena Chinese11851529
LMArena French11901524
LMArena German11861515
LMArena Japanese11441474
LMArena Korean11371501
LMArena Russian12001490
LMArena Spanish12001490

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 57.6 (#269), Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Instruction Following11781477
LiveBench Instruction Following52.6%—

Long Context Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 36.3 (#233), Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Longer Query11971488

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.3 leads

Gemma 2 9B: 32.1 (#281), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)

BenchmarkGemma 2 9BMuse Spark 1.3
LMArena Text12071490
LMArena Creative Writing12061455
EQ-Bench Creative Writing8411906
LMArena Multi-Turn11931482
LiveBench Language25.5%—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemma 2 9B better than Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 25.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemma 2 9B or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 29.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemma 2 9B and Muse Spark 1.3 share?

20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 2 9B has 35 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.

Related comparisons

Go deeper