# Muse Spark 1.2 vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Spark 1.2 and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-spark-1-2-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3.8-27B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Spark 1.2 leads overall 64.92 to 55.26.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 64.9 for Muse Spark 1.2 and 49.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is DeepSWE in Coding, with scores of 59.3% and 42.2%.
- Qwen3.8-27B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Muse Spark 1.2 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Overall Score | 64.92 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $4.25 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 59.3 (Supported · #22/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.9% | 73.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 69.7% | 58.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.2
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 55.2 (Supported · #29/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.9% | 73.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| DeepSWE | 59.3% | 42.2% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | 82.6% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 12.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.6% | 86.0% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 61.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 76.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 91.1% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.2
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 64.9 (Supported · #24/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.3% | 84.3% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Spark 1.2 or Qwen3.8-27B?

Muse Spark 1.2 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Spark 1.2 and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 64.9 for Muse Spark 1.2 and 49.2 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.2 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.2 currently has 8 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

## Related Comparisons

- [Muse Spark 1.2 vs Muse Spark 1.1](/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-muse-spark-1-2)
- [Qwen3.8-27B vs Muse Spark 1.1](/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-qwen3-8-27b)
- [Muse Spark 1.2 vs Muse Spark](/compare/muse-spark-vs-muse-spark-1-2)
- [Qwen3.8-27B vs Muse Spark](/compare/muse-spark-vs-qwen3-8-27b)

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