Updated October 7, 2026. Rank says Muse Spark 1.1 is ahead. Price, access, and your workload can each overturn that. Public scores include evidence status and uncertainty.
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Muse Spark 1.1 has the higher public point estimate, 65.95 versus 35.36. Their conditional score ranges do not overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. 4 results are shared. Category rows resting on Estimated evidence or different benchmark sets are marked directional and do not name a winner.
Mistral
35.36/100
Estimated · Public rank #148
Conditional range 21.0–49.7
Recommendations appear only when a shared evidence basis or an explicit operating constraint supports the call. Secondary and unsupported use cases stay disclosed below the initial list.
Tool use, computer use, and multi-step task completion
Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1 has the higher public agentic point estimate, 56.9 to 19.3, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Prompts that approach the documented context limit
Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1 has the larger documented context window.
Code generation, repair, and software-engineering tasks
Not enough matched evidence
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Not enough matched evidence
A complete comparable API-rate estimate is not available for both models.
Choose a job from the LLM Selector's task catalog to see the category row it rests on, under the same basis rules as the table below. A directional row stays directional; choosing a job never creates a winner.
The same task catalog as the LLM Selector. Each job names the evidence surface it rests on; nothing here adds a new score.
Directional only · BenchAlign v5.8
Muse Spark 1.1 has the higher coding point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Coding scores combine specific tasks and setups. Match the editor, harness, and effort to your workflow.
Shared results can support a head-to-head reading. Results present for only one model describe coverage, not superiority.
1 category rests on Estimated evidence or different evidence sets. Those rows remain visible for coverage context but do not name a winner.
Only shared public evidence is shown. Sparse evidence stays a ruled list rather than being closed into a radar shape.
Too few matched category axes support a radar. The ruled list below shows only shared benchmark results; positions use each benchmark’s normalized display scale when available.
MMLU-Pro (Vals)Knowledge
Normalized gap 13.4Each row shows the public-lane category score for both models: the BenchAlign v5.8 lane for agentic, coding, and knowledge, and the weighted public rows elsewhere, with the same rank each model page reports. A row is like-for-like only when both scores rest on Supported evidence or the same weighted set. Directional and not-comparable rows remain visible, but they never receive a winner.
| Category | Mistral Medium 3.5 128B | Muse Spark 1.1 | Basis | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agentic | 19.3Supported · #102/122 | 56.9Supported · #32/122 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 3 vs 14 public rows | Muse Spark 1.1 leads |
| Knowledge | 30.8Supported · #137/174 | 66.7Supported · #21/174 | Like-for-likeBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 5 public rows | Muse Spark 1.1 leads |
| Coding | 24.6Estimated · #108/146 | 54.2Supported · #35/146 | Directional onlyBenchAlign v5.8 lane · 2 vs 4 public rows | Directional only |
| Reasoning | 69.9Unranked · 2 rankable rows | 75.7Unranked · 3 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multimodal | 56.7Unranked · 1 rankable row | 78.3Unranked · 2 rankable rows | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 1 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Multilingual | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Instruction following | 82.6#47/125 | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
| Math | Not ranked | Not ranked | Not comparableProvisional lane · 0 vs 0 weighted rows | Not comparable |
Ranks count the models scored in each category’s lane, so the agentic, coding, and knowledge denominators (BenchAlign v5.8) differ from the provisional-lane categories. Unranked scores sit on the provisional lane’s scale but never name a winner. Like-for-like rows within 0.5 points read as a practical tie.
Three fixed token mixes turn per-token rates into comparable decisions. Each scenario states context fit and whether cached input had to fall back to the published list-input rate.
1K fresh input + 500 output tokens
Muse Spark 1.1 has no comparable published API token rate.
50K fresh input + 3K output tokens
Muse Spark 1.1 has no comparable published API token rate.
200K cached + 20K fresh input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B has no published cached-input rate, so cached tokens use its listed input rate. Muse Spark 1.1 has no comparable published API token rate.
Sourced differences are shown directly. Missing facts stay explicit instead of being inferred from a model name or family.
Maximum documented context; output-token limits may be lower.
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
256K
Muse Spark 1.1
1M
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Not sourced
Muse Spark 1.1
Not sourced
A missing cached-input rate falls back to the listed input rate only in the stated workload estimate.
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Not published
Muse Spark 1.1
No comparable hosted API rate
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Not sourced
Muse Spark 1.1
Not sourced
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Not sourced
Muse Spark 1.1
Not sourced
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Not sourced
Muse Spark 1.1
Not sourced
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Reasoning
Muse Spark 1.1
Reasoning
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Open Weight
Muse Spark 1.1
Proprietary
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
Open Weight
Muse Spark 1.1
Proprietary
Mistral Medium 3.5 128B
2026-04-29
Muse Spark 1.1
2026-07-09
Muse Spark 1.1 has the higher public point estimate, 65.95 versus 35.36. Their conditional score ranges do not overlap. These ranges do not establish rank confidence. The page therefore keeps the decision tied to the specific documented workload.
Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher for coding on the public lane, 54.2 to 24.6. Mistral Medium 3.5 128B is scored on Estimated evidence for coding, so the reading is directional rather than like-for-like. BenchLM does not name a winner for coding from a directional reading; read the shared benchmark rows directly and test the models on the same task set.
Muse Spark 1.1 has the higher public agentic tasks point estimate, 56.9 to 19.3, with Supported evidence for both models. The conditional ranges do not establish rank confidence.
Both models do not have comparable published API token rates, so this page does not name a universal price winner.
Muse Spark 1.1 has the larger documented context window: 1M, compared with 256K.
The full public result ledger is available for audit without forcing a wide desktop table onto a phone.
τ³-bench results
Not directly comparable
Gert Labs
Not directly comparable
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals)
Muse Spark 1.1 leads this result
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Not directly comparable
MCP Atlas
Not directly comparable
Toolathlon
Not directly comparable
OSWorld-Verified
Not directly comparable
WebArena-Verified
Not directly comparable
DeepSearchQA
Not directly comparable
CyberGym
Not directly comparable
Finance Agent v2
Not directly comparable
deepSwe
Not directly comparable
OSWorld 2.0
Not directly comparable
JobBench
Not directly comparable
Cybench
Not directly comparable
ExploitGym
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Verified
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench (Vals)
Muse Spark 1.1 leads this result
Terminal-Bench 2.1
Not directly comparable
SWE-bench Pro
Not directly comparable
LiveCodeBench (Vals)
Not directly comparable
MRCR 1M
Not directly comparable
GPQA Diamond (Vals)
Muse Spark 1.1 leads this result
MMLU-Pro (Vals)
Muse Spark 1.1 leads this result
HLE
Not directly comparable
HLE w/o tools
Not directly comparable
HealthBench Professional
Not directly comparable
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Last updated October 7, 2026
