Model comparison

Muse Spark vs Yi-Lightning

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.

Muse Spark Meta

50.3

Rank #41 Confirmed

Yi-Lightning 01.AI

36.5

Rank #206 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark scores higher in 8 categories and Yi-Lightning in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Spark leads 65.7 to 34.8.

Side by side

Muse Spark and Yi-Lightning specifications
Muse SparkYi-Lightning
ProviderMeta01.AI
Noometry Index50.336.5
Released2026-04-082024-12-02
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window——
Max output——
Input $ / M tokens——
Output $ / M tokens——
Results tracked2718

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 45.6 (#65), Yi-Lightning: 27.0 (#315)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Coding14821313
Aider Polyglot—12.9%
SciCode51.5%—

Reasoning Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 34.9 (#61), Yi-Lightning: 24.9 (#137)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts14751302
CritPt11.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index152.09—

Math Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 46.8 (#57), Yi-Lightning: 33.5 (#173)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Math14551300
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202588.9%—
ProofBench17%—
FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set)39%—
FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1)14.6%—

Knowledge Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 65.7 (#12), Yi-Lightning: 34.8 (#182)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Expert14581286
GPQA Diamond89.8%—
Humanity's Last Exam40.6%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Muse Spark: 42.7 (#23), Yi-Lightning: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Vision1306—
LMArena Document1444—

Multilingual Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 56.3 (#23), Yi-Lightning: 42.4 (#191)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Non-English14641269
LMArena Chinese15071320
LMArena French14971304
LMArena German14971267
LMArena Korean14571192
LMArena Russian14671255
LMArena Spanish14711315
LMArena Japanese—1228

Instruction Following Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 76.1 (#47), Yi-Lightning: 67.6 (#191)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following14431278

Long Context Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 44.4 (#65), Yi-Lightning: 39.4 (#176)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Longer Query14511297

Writing & Preference Muse Spark leads

Muse Spark: 66.2 (#37), Yi-Lightning: 50.4 (#178)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkMuse SparkYi-Lightning
LMArena Text14741302
LMArena Creative Writing14601280
LMArena Multi-Turn14771311

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark better than Yi-Lightning?

Muse Spark is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 36.5 on the Noometry Index.

Is Muse Spark or Yi-Lightning better for coding?

Muse Spark scores higher on coding benchmarks: 45.6 versus 27.0 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark and Yi-Lightning share?

16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark has 27 scored results on Noometry and Yi-Lightning has 18.

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