Model comparison
Grok 4 Fast vs Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 20 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 20 benchmarks with published results for both. Grok 4 Fast scores higher in 1 category and Muse Spark 1.3 in 8 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 73.1 to 38.9.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 82.7% for Grok 4 Fast and 96.5% for Muse Spark 1.3.
Side by side
| Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 39.4 | 54.8 |
| Released | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-02 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 30 | 37 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Grok 4 Fast: 32.5 (#271), Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1159 | 1657 |
| LMArena Coding | 1429 | 1514 |
| CursorBench | — | 41.6% |
| SciCode | — | 59.7% |
| WeirdML | 42.9% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Grok 4 Fast: 29.5 (#86), Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 57.8% |
| τ²-bench Banking | 15.7% | — |
| Cybench | 30% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 27.6% |
| LMArena Search | 1171 | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Grok 4 Fast: 22.2 (#201), Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1412 | 1503 |
| DTBench | 82.7% | 96.5% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.2 | 156.75 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 5.3% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 66.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 85.1% |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 48.5% | — |
| CritPt | — | 26% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 38% |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | — | 25% |
| LMCA | — | 53.9% |
| Bench to the Future 3 | — | 0.14 |
| ForecastBench | 60.5 | — |
Math Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Grok 4 Fast: 38.9 (#123), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1419 | 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
Grok 4 Fast: 32.0 (#214), Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1411 | 1516 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 19.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Grok 4 Fast: —, Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1309 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1471 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Grok 4 Fast: 51.3 (#111), Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1396 | 1481 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1457 | 1529 |
| LMArena French | 1431 | 1524 |
| LMArena German | 1383 | 1515 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1352 | 1474 |
| LMArena Korean | 1357 | 1501 |
| LMArena Russian | 1389 | 1490 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1415 | 1490 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Grok 4 Fast: 73.2 (#121), Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1387 | 1477 |
Long Context Grok 4 Fast leads
Grok 4 Fast: 63.2 (#3), Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1488 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 94.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Grok 4 Fast: 60.0 (#102), Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9)
| Benchmark | Grok 4 Fast | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1407 | 1490 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1455 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1414 | 1482 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1906 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Grok 4 Fast better than Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 39.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Grok 4 Fast or Muse Spark 1.3 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.6 versus 32.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Grok 4 Fast and Muse Spark 1.3 share?
20 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4 Fast has 30 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.3 has 37.