# Inkling 2 Small vs Muse Spark

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling 2 Small and Muse Spark across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-muse-spark
- Last updated: November 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Muse Spark leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests.

## Summary

- Muse Spark has the higher overall point estimate 60.2 to 59.06. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 86.1 for Inkling 2 Small and 55.4 for Muse Spark.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSearchQA in Agentic, with scores of 90.9% and 74.8%.
- Inkling 2 Small also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling 2 Small | Muse Spark |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 59.06 | 60.2 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Inkling 2 Small
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.9 (Supported · #26/131)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 49.5 (Supported · #52/131)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 90.9% | 74.8% | Inkling 2 Small |
| MCP Atlas | 85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 70.5% | 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 |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 63.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Inkling 2 Small
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 59.7 (Supported · #20/157)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 50 (Supported · #47/157)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 82.2% | 77.4% | Inkling 2 Small |
| SWE Multilingual | 81.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| sweMarathon | 38.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 85.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PostTrainBench v1.2 | 31.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 52.4% | 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
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 55.4 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LongBench v2 | 70.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 86.6 (#12/59)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 83.1 (#16/59)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 87.7% | 86.4% | Inkling 2 Small |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (no tools) | 36.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Chartography (tools) | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 68.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | 93.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 83.8% | 84.1% | Muse Spark |
| PerceptionBench | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | 92.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 33.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 60.4 (Estimated · #46/178)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 62.3 (Supported · #43/178)

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 93% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 93.0% | 89.5% | Inkling 2 Small |
| HLE | Coming soon | 50.4% | 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: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 93.3 (#11/157)

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling 2 Small public-lane score: 85.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling 2 Small | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 95.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Apex | 63.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling 2 Small or Muse Spark?

Muse Spark has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling 2 Small and Muse Spark?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 86.1 for Inkling 2 Small and 55.4 for Muse Spark.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling 2 Small cover on BenchLM?

Inkling 2 Small currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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

Muse Spark currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-2-small-vs-inkling-small)
- [Muse Spark vs Inkling-Small](/compare/inkling-small-vs-muse-spark)
- [Inkling 2 Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-2-small)
- [Muse Spark vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-muse-spark)

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