# Muse Spark 1.2 vs Qwen3.8 Max

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-spark-1-2-vs-qwen3-8-max
- Last updated: September 18, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Qwen3.8 Max leads overall 73.17 to 70.28.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 75.3 for Muse Spark 1.2 and 86.6 for Qwen3.8 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is VulcanBench v3 in Coding, with scores of 87.0% and 81.2%.
- Qwen3.8 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 70.28 | 73.17 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 8 | 60 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.25 / $4.25 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 61 (Supported · #16/154)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 67.3 (Supported · #9/154)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.9% | 86.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 69.7% | 67.4% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 74.8% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 70.2% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 52.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 27.3% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | Coming soon | 72.5% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 56.2% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 19.4% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 66.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| MobileWorld | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Qwen3.8 Max
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 60 (Supported · #21/154)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 60.7 (Supported · #20/154)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 82.9% | 86.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| DeepSWE | 59.3% | 56.6% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| VulcanBench v3 | 87.0% | 81.2% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 12.0% | 15.8% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 86.6% | 85.6% | Muse Spark 1.2 |
| SWE-bench Pro | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 55.9% | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE | Coming soon | 73.5% | Coming soon |
| MLS-Bench Lite | Coming soon | 41.0% | Coming soon |
| PaperBench | Coming soon | 93.0% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 87.4 (#5/48)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 82.3% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 95.2% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 97.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 82.0% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 91.3% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | Coming soon | 24.0% | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench w/ Python | Coming soon | 49.0% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 80.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 84.5% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 93.5% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 92.1% | Coming soon |
| OCRBench V2 | Coming soon | 74.2% | Coming soon |
| CC-OCR | Coming soon | 79.6% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | Coming soon | 63.5% | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 88.7% | Coming soon |
| MMVU | Coming soon | 82.4% | Coming soon |
| MLVU (M-Avg) | Coming soon | 90.8% | Coming soon |
| LVBench | Coming soon | 81.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 75.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 86.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 66.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: 70.7 (Estimated · #10/184)
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 69.1 (Supported · #17/184)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.3% | 88.6% | Qwen3.8 Max |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 93.7% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.2 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.8 Max public-lane score: 90.5 (#16/124)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.2 | Qwen3.8 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Spark 1.2 or Qwen3.8 Max?

Qwen3.8 Max is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Spark 1.2 and Qwen3.8 Max?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 75.3 for Muse Spark 1.2 and 86.6 for Qwen3.8 Max.

### 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 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8 Max currently has 60 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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