Model comparison
Gemma 3 1B vs Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemma 3 1B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.3 in 4 categories; 4 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 73.1 to 10.2.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025: 1.1% for Gemma 3 1B and 99.2% for Muse Spark 1.3.
- Gemma 3 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 21.1 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2025-03-12 | 2026-09-02 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 4 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| CursorBench | — | 41.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1657 |
| SciCode | — | 59.7% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1514 |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 13.7 (#152), Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 57.8% |
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 7.2% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 27.6% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 19.2 (#264), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | 38% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| CritPt | — | 26% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1503 |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 25% |
| DTBench | — | 96.5% |
| LMCA | — | 53.9% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 156.75 |
Math Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 10.2 (#316), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 1.1% | 99.2% |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | — | 74.4% |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | — | 46.3% |
| ProofBench | — | 58% |
| LMArena Math | — | 1494 |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Gemma 3 1B: 7.0 (#314), Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 19.9% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1516 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1471 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1481 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1529 |
| LMArena French | — | 1524 |
| LMArena German | — | 1515 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1474 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1501 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1490 |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1477 |
Long Context Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1488 |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Gemma 3 1B: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)
| Benchmark | Gemma 3 1B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1455 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1906 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1482 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemma 3 1B better than Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 21.1 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Gemma 3 1B and Muse Spark 1.3 share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemma 3 1B has 4 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.