Muse Spark vs Qwen3.5 397B

Head-to-head comparison across 5benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.

Muse Spark

69

VS

Qwen3.5 397B

68

3 categoriesvs2 categories

Verified leaderboard positions: Muse Spark unranked · Qwen3.5 397B #8

Pick Muse Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Category Radar

Head-to-Head by Category

Category Breakdown

Agentic

Muse Spark
59vs56.2

+2.8 difference

Coding

Muse Spark
61.7vs60.3

+1.4 difference

Reasoning

Qwen3.5 397B
42.5vs63.2

+20.7 difference

Knowledge

Qwen3.5 397B
50.4vs65.2

+14.8 difference

Multimodal

Muse Spark
80.4vs79

+1.4 difference

Operational Comparison

Muse Spark

Qwen3.5 397B

Price (per 1M tokens)

N/A

$0 / $0

Speed

N/A

96 t/s

Latency (TTFT)

N/A

2.44s

Context Window

262K

128K

Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.5 397B only becomes the better choice if reasoning is the priority or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Muse Spark finishes one point ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 69 to 68. That is enough to call, but not enough to treat as a blowout. This matchup comes down to a few meaningful edges rather than one model dominating the board.

Muse Spark's sharpest advantage is in agentic, where it averages 59 against 56.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HLE, 50.4% to 28.7%. Qwen3.5 397B does hit back in reasoning, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Muse Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen3.5 397B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. Muse Spark gives you the larger context window at 262K, compared with 128K for Qwen3.5 397B.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Frequently Asked Questions (6)

Which is better, Muse Spark or Qwen3.5 397B?

Muse Spark is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 69 to 68. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HLE, where the scores are 50.4% and 28.7%.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Muse Spark or Qwen3.5 397B?

Qwen3.5 397B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.2 versus 50.4. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Muse Spark or Qwen3.5 397B?

Muse Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 61.7 versus 60.3. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Muse Spark or Qwen3.5 397B?

Qwen3.5 397B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.2 versus 42.5. Muse Spark stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Muse Spark or Qwen3.5 397B?

Muse Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 59 versus 56.2. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Muse Spark or Qwen3.5 397B?

Muse Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.4 versus 79. Inside this category, ScreenSpot Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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Last updated: April 8, 2026

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