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Model comparison

Muse Spark vs Qwen3.8 Max

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 50.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 23 shared benchmarks.

Muse Spark Meta

50.6

Rank #46 Confirmed

Qwen3.8 Max Alibaba (Qwen)

56.8

Rank #22 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 23 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 2 categories and Qwen3.8 Max in 7 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in math, where Qwen3.8 Max leads 73.2 to 47.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 17% for Muse Spark and 58% for Qwen3.8 Max.

Side by side

Muse SparkQwen3.8 Max
ProviderMetaAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index50.656.8
Released2026-04-082026-08-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—1M
Max output—131K
Input $ / M tokens—$2
Output $ / M tokens—$6
Results tracked2739

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Category by category

Coding Qwen3.8 Max leads

Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69), Qwen3.8 Max: 53.5 (#29)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
SciCode51.5%53.2%
LMArena Coding14811502
DeepSWE—57.5%
LMArena WebDev—1674
FrontierSWE—17.8%

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Muse Spark: —, Qwen3.8 Max: 45.4 (#14)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
APEX-Agents—63.3%
τ²-bench Banking—55.1%
GDP.pdf—23.2%

Reasoning Qwen3.8 Max leads

Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67), Qwen3.8 Max: 54.4 (#26)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
CritPt11.3%20%
LMArena Hard Prompts14741496
Epoch Capabilities Index152.04156.41
NYT Connections (extended)—88.3%
Chess Puzzles—40%
Mystery Game Puzzles—38%
DTBench—92%
LMCA—46.2%

Math Qwen3.8 Max leads

Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66), Qwen3.8 Max: 73.2 (#20)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%100%
ProofBench17%58%
LMArena Math14551499
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)—74.7%
FrontierMath Tier 4—46.3%
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13), Qwen3.8 Max: 61.7 (#27)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
GPQA Diamond89.8%92.7%
LMArena Expert14571507
Humanity's Last Exam40.6%—
SimpleQA Verified—47.3%

Multimodal Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24), Qwen3.8 Max: 37.2 (#75)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Vision13061314
Furniture Assembly—20%
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Too close to call

Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24), Qwen3.8 Max: 56.7 (#18)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Non-English14641472
LMArena Chinese15091538
LMArena French14971503
LMArena German14971483
LMArena Korean14591461
LMArena Russian14661481
LMArena Spanish14721492
LMArena Japanese—1467

Instruction Following Qwen3.8 Max leads

Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51), Qwen3.8 Max: 77.6 (#17)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Instruction Following14421479

Long Context Qwen3.8 Max leads

Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69), Qwen3.8 Max: 45.6 (#31)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Longer Query14511489

Writing & Preference Qwen3.8 Max leads

Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39), Qwen3.8 Max: 67.1 (#30)

BenchmarkMuse SparkQwen3.8 Max
LMArena Text14741483
LMArena Creative Writing14591479
LMArena Multi-Turn14771489

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark better than Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is the stronger model overall, scoring 56.8 to 50.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Muse Spark or Qwen3.8 Max better for coding?

Qwen3.8 Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 53.5 versus 46.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Qwen3.8 Max share?

23 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3.8 Max has 39.

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