# LFM3-1.7B vs Muse Spark

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for LFM3-1.7B and Muse Spark across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/lfm3-1-7b-vs-muse-spark
- Last updated: October 27, 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 60.79 to 22.99. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 14.4 for LFM3-1.7B and 52.7 for Muse Spark.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is LiveCodeBench Pro in Coding, with scores of 31.7% and 80.0%.
- Muse Spark also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | LFM3-1.7B | Muse Spark |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | LiquidAI | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 22.99 | 60.79 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 24 | 25 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 14.4 (Estimated · #123/134)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 52.7 (Supported · #48/134)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AutomationBench | 41.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | 71.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | 68.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 38.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 32.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ToolSandbox | 80.36% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 68.6% | 63.8% | LFM3-1.7B |
| HLE w/ tools | 13.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveClaw | 45.60% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 59% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 91.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 43.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 13 (Estimated · #142/155)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 50.3 (Supported · #46/155)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SciCode | 28.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 43.4% | 77.4% | Muse Spark |
| SWE Multilingual | 23% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 12.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 73.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 31.7% | 80.0% | Muse Spark |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 19.67% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 74.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 61.3 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 57.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| RULER (128K) | 65.56% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | Coming soon | 42.5% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 83.8 (#15/58)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 86.4% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 64.7% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 71.3% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.1% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 33.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 78.4% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 25.5 (Estimated · #175/189)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 62.5 (Supported · #45/189)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 63.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 63.4% | 89.5% | Muse Spark |
| HLE | 7.2% | 50.4% | Muse Spark |
| 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
- LFM3-1.7B public-lane score: 71.7 (#76/156)
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 93.3 (#11/156)

| Benchmark | LFM3-1.7B | Muse Spark | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 96.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFBench | 73.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Multi-IF | 89.10% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFStruct | 93.72% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, LFM3-1.7B 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 LFM3-1.7B and Muse Spark?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 14.4 for LFM3-1.7B and 52.7 for Muse Spark.

### How many benchmarks does LFM3-1.7B cover on BenchLM?

LFM3-1.7B currently has 24 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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