# Inkling-Small vs Muse Spark 1.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Inkling-Small and Muse Spark 1.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-small-vs-muse-spark-1-3
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Inkling-Small only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Spark 1.3 leads overall 73 to 53.5.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 55 for Inkling-Small and 82.9 for Muse Spark 1.3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) in Mathematics, with scores of 17.073% and 46.341%.
- Inkling-Small is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 53.5 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.58 / $1.44 | $1.25 / $4.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 36.8 (Supported · #77/128)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| BrowseComp | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | 72.3% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| 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 |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 55.0% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 37.7 (Supported · #71/150)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| SciCode | 48.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.2% | 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: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#6/28)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 84.00% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 256K-512K | Coming soon | 98.5% | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 512K-1M | Coming soon | 98.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 67.5 (#36/54)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 81.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 55.1 (Supported · #59/184)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 47.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 93.3 (#9/148)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 15.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 69.8 (#5/12)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 46.316% | 74.035% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 17.073% | 46.341% | Muse Spark 1.3 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling-Small or Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling-Small and Muse Spark 1.3?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 55 for Inkling-Small and 82.9 for Muse Spark 1.3.

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

Inkling-Small currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.3 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.3 currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Inkling-Small vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-inkling-small)
- [Muse Spark 1.3 vs Inkling](/compare/inkling-vs-muse-spark-1-3)
- [Inkling-Small vs Muse Spark 1.1](/compare/inkling-small-vs-muse-spark-1-1)
- [Muse Spark 1.3 vs Muse Spark 1.1](/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-muse-spark-1-3)

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