Model comparison
Muse Spark vs Phi-4 Mini
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
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MicrosoftSummary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 3 categories and Phi-4 Mini in 0 categories; 3 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 25.3.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 51.5% for Muse Spark and 10.8% for Phi-4 Mini.
- Phi-4 Mini has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Microsoft |
| Noometry Index | 50.6 | 30.9 |
| Released | 2026-04-08 | 2024-12-11 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | 128K |
| Max output | — | 4K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.075 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.30 |
| Results tracked | 27 | 3 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), Phi-4 Mini: 28.1 (#317)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 51.5% | 10.8% |
| LMArena Coding | 1481 | — |
Reasoning Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), Phi-4 Mini: 22.4 (#195)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 11.3% | 0% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1474 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 152.04 | — |
Math Not comparable
Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 17% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1455 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 39% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 14.6% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark leads
Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), Phi-4 Mini: 25.3 (#262)
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 89.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 40.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 23.5% |
| LMArena Expert | 1457 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1306 | — |
| LMArena Document | 1444 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1464 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1509 | — |
| LMArena French | 1497 | — |
| LMArena German | 1497 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1466 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1472 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1442 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1451 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), Phi-4 Mini: —
| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Phi-4 Mini |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1474 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1459 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1477 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Spark better than Phi-4 Mini?
Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.6 to 30.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Spark or Phi-4 Mini better for coding?
Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 46.2 versus 28.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Phi-4 Mini share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Phi-4 Mini has 3.