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Muse Spark vs Mistral Small 3.1

3 vs 0 benchmarks won

Meta
Muse Spark
Mistral
Mistral Small 3.1
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateApr 8 2026Mar 17 2025
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Science reasoning
GPQA Diamond
89.5%
Software engineering
SWE-Bench Verified
77.4%
Multimodal understanding
MMMU
80.4%
Timeline
Release gapMistral Small 3.1 shipped 387 days before Muse Spark

Which is better: Muse Spark or Mistral Small 3.1?

Muse Spark leads Mistral Small 3.1 on 3 of the tracked benchmarks (GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, MMMU). Mistral Small 3.1 shipped 387 days before Muse Spark, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model; Muse Spark is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — at least one of these models has not published scores on GPQA Diamond, SWE-Bench Verified, or MMMU.

Frequently asked questions

When was Muse Spark released?
Muse Spark was released by Meta on Apr 8 2026.
When was Mistral Small 3.1 released?
Mistral Small 3.1 was released by Mistral on Mar 17 2025.
Is Muse Spark or Mistral Small 3.1 open source?
Mistral Small 3.1 is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Muse Spark is a proprietary model released by Meta.

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