Model comparison

Muse Spark 1.2 vs WizardLM-2 8x22B

Muse Spark 1.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#48); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Muse Spark 1.2 Meta

50.3

Rank #48 Confirmed

WizardLM-2 8x22B Microsoft

31.4

Unranked Sparse

Summary

  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 54.1 to 23.3.
  • WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper at $0.62 / $0.62 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.2.
  • Muse Spark 1.2 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 66K.
  • WizardLM-2 8x22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Muse Spark 1.2 and WizardLM-2 8x22B specifications
Muse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
ProviderMetaMicrosoft
Noometry Index50.331.4
Released2026-08-052024-04-15
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M66K
Max output131K8K
Input $ / M tokens$1.25$0.62
Output $ / M tokens$4.25$0.62
Results tracked312

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
DeepSWE54.9%—
LMArena WebDev1533—
FrontierSWE12%—
SciCode56.4%—
WeirdML60.3%—
LMArena Coding1495—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
APEX-Agents36.4%—
GDP.pdf16%—

Reasoning Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
SimpleBench74.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.2%—
CritPt17.7%—
LMArena Hard Prompts1486—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA48.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.87—

Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 28.9

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
ProofBench43%—
LMArena Math1471—
MATH Level 5—25.7%

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53), WizardLM-2 8x22B: 23.3

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
GPQA Diamond—43.4%
SimpleQA Verified60.3%—
LMArena Expert1480—

Multimodal Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Vision1305—

Multilingual Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Non-English1478—
LMArena Chinese1511—
LMArena French1513—
LMArena Russian1487—
LMArena Spanish1498—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Instruction Following1461—

Long Context Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Longer Query1475—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14), WizardLM-2 8x22B: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2WizardLM-2 8x22B
LMArena Text1482—
LMArena Creative Writing1449—
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—
LMArena Multi-Turn1494—

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark 1.2 better than WizardLM-2 8x22B?

Muse Spark 1.2 has enough public results to be ranked (#48); WizardLM-2 8x22B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.2 or WizardLM-2 8x22B?

WizardLM-2 8x22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.62 per million input tokens and $0.62 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.

Which has the bigger context window?

Muse Spark 1.2 does, with 1.05M tokens against 66K.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.2 and WizardLM-2 8x22B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.2 has 31 scored results on Noometry and WizardLM-2 8x22B has 2.

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