# Granite 4.2 8B vs Muse Spark 1.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Granite 4.2 8B and Muse Spark 1.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/granite-4-2-8b-vs-muse-spark-1-3
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 2
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Granite 4.2 8B and Muse Spark 1.3 share only 2 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 2 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- Granite 4.2 8B has the lower published output-token price.
- Muse Spark 1.3 has the larger published context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Granite 4.2 8B | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | IBM | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 33.09 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $1.25 / $4.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 15.6 (Estimated · #113/128)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| τ³-bench results | 58.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 52.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 64.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.9% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 49.4% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 19% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 72.3% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 55.0% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 17.3 (Estimated · #125/150)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 47.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 19.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 20.6% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 36.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 59.4% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 32.2 fixes | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 56.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#6/28)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR v2 256K-512K | Coming soon | 98.5% | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 512K-1M | Coming soon | 98.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 30.5 (Supported · #154/184)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 64.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | 74.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: 86.5 (#42/148)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 15.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Granite 4.2 8B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Granite 4.2 8B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME 2025 | 86.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 74.035% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 46.341% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Granite 4.2 8B and Muse Spark 1.3?

Not yet. The models share only 2 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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