Head-to-head comparison across 3benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max)
77
Muse Spark
82
Verified leaderboard positions: DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) #12 · Muse Spark unranked
Pick Muse Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.
Agentic
+4.3 difference
Coding
+12.0 difference
Knowledge
+9.6 difference
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max)
Muse Spark
$0.14 / $0.28
N/A
N/A
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1M
262K
Pick Muse Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) only becomes the better choice if coding is the priority or you need the larger 1M context window.
Muse Spark is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 82 to 77. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 262K for Muse Spark.
Muse Spark is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 82 to 77. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 34.8% and 50.4%.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 60 versus 50.4. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 73.7 versus 61.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Max) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.3 versus 59. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.
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