Model comparison
Muse Spark 1.3 vs Pixtral Large
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher in 3 categories and Pixtral Large in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.3 leads 73.6 to 32.9.
- Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper at $1.25 / $4.25 per million input/output tokens, against $2 / $6 for Pixtral Large.
- Muse Spark 1.3 accepts more context: 1.05M tokens versus 128K.
- Pixtral Large has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Mistral AI |
| Noometry Index | 54.8 | 32.2 |
| Released | 2026-09-02 | 2024-11-01 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | 128K |
| Max output | 131K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | $2 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.25 | $6 |
| Results tracked | 37 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 56.6 (#21), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| CursorBench | 41.6% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1657 | — |
| SciCode | 59.7% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1514 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 38.6 (#30), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 57.8% | — |
| GDP.pdf | 27.6% | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Muse Spark 1.3: 54.0 (#27), Pixtral Large: 21.7 (#218)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 85.1% | — |
| CritPt | 26% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 38% | — |
| EnigmaEval | — | 0.8% |
| 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 Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 73.1 (#21), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 74.4% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 46.3% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 99.2% | — |
| ProofBench | 58% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1494 | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 42.6 (#95), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1516 | — |
Multimodal Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Muse Spark 1.3: 43.7 (#22), Pixtral Large: 30.6 (#111)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1309 | 1089 |
| LMArena Document | 1471 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 57.4 (#8), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| 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
Muse Spark 1.3: 77.5 (#22), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1477 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Muse Spark 1.3: 45.6 (#32), Pixtral Large: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1488 | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Muse Spark 1.3: 73.6 (#9), Pixtral Large: 32.9 (#278)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.3 | Pixtral Large |
|---|---|---|
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1906 | 988 |
| LMArena Text | 1490 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1455 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1482 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark 1.3 better than Pixtral Large?
Muse Spark 1.3 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.8 to 32.2 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, Muse Spark 1.3 or Pixtral Large?
Muse Spark 1.3 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens; Pixtral Large lists at $2 and $6.
Which has the bigger context window?
Muse Spark 1.3 does, with 1.05M tokens against 128K.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.3 and Pixtral Large share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.3 has 37 scored results on Noometry and Pixtral Large has 3.