# dots3-note Preview vs Muse Spark

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and Muse Spark across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-muse-spark
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick dots3-note Preview if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Muse Spark only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- dots3-note Preview leads overall 62.64 to 60.78.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.9 for dots3-note Preview and 53.4 for Muse Spark.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ARC-AGI-2 in Reasoning, with scores of 81.4% and 42.5%.
- dots3-note Preview also has the larger context window at 512K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 62.64 | 60.78 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 27 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 56.4 (Estimated · #28/117)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 49.6 (Estimated · #39/117)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | 63.8% | dots3-note Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | 74.8% | dots3-note Preview |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 91.5% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 43.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 53.1 (Supported · #34/142)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | 77.4% | dots3-note Preview |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | 52.4% | dots3-note Preview |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 80.0% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 19.67% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 74.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 72.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 53.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | 42.5% | dots3-note Preview |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 67.2 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 78.5 (#14/50)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | 71.3% | dots3-note Preview |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | 80.4% | Muse Spark |
| MathVision | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | 33.0% | Muse Spark |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 60.8 (Supported · #37/168)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | 50.4% | dots3-note Preview |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 42.8% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 42.8% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 52.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 85.2 (#37/124)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 91.9 (#8/124)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 39.000% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 14.600% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or Muse Spark?

dots3-note Preview is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and Muse Spark?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.9 for dots3-note Preview and 53.4 for Muse Spark.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark currently has 27 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Muse Spark vs Muse Spark 1.1](/compare/muse-spark-vs-muse-spark-1-1)
- [dots3-note Preview vs Muse Spark 1.2](/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-muse-spark-1-2)
- [Muse Spark vs Muse Spark 1.2](/compare/muse-spark-vs-muse-spark-1-2)

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