The AI arena is free today

Open Superagent

Muse Spark Open vs North Micro Vision Instruct

Muse Spark Open leads the LLM Stats Score 44.9 to -5.4.

Meta · Cohere · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Muse Spark Open leads the overall LLM Stats Score 44.9 to -5.4, ranking #43 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Muse Spark Open

  • overall performance matters — it scores 44.9 and ranks #43 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose North Micro Vision Instruct

  • you are already invested in the Cohere ecosystem

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Muse Spark Open
Meta
North Micro Vision Instruct
Cohere
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
44.9
#43
-5.4
#379
Reasoning
45.2
#39
-8.0
#379
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$1.25 / M
— / M
Output price
$4.25 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Muse Spark Open
North Micro Vision Instruct
Math
31.6#69
-12.7#338
Vision
31.2#34
-5.0#220
Multimodal
33.1#20
-3.3#182
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

17 reported for Muse Spark Open · 19 for North Micro Vision Instruct

No common benchmarks found

Muse Spark Open and North Micro Vision Instructdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

813.6B diff

Muse Spark Open has 813.6B more parameters than North Micro Vision Instruct, making it 33900.0% larger.

Meta
Muse Spark Open
816.0Bparameters
Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
2.4Bparameters
816.0B
Muse Spark Open
2.4B
North Micro Vision Instruct

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Muse Spark Open specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Muse Spark Open specifies output context (1,048,576 tokens).

Meta
Muse Spark Open
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output1,048,576 tokens
Cohere
North Micro Vision Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Muse Spark Open and North Micro Vision Instruct support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Muse Spark Open

Text
Images
Audio
Video

North Micro Vision Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Muse Spark Open is licensed under Muse Model License, while North Micro Vision Instruct uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Muse Spark Open

Muse Model License

Open weights

North Micro Vision Instruct

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Muse Spark Open was released on 2026-10-15, while North Micro Vision Instruct was released on 2026-08-12.

Muse Spark Open is 2 months newer than North Micro Vision Instruct.

Muse Spark Open

Oct 15, 2026

4 days ago

2mo newer
North Micro Vision Instruct

Aug 12, 2026

2 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Muse Spark Open and North Micro Vision Instruct side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Muse Spark Open
✓ Preferred
North Micro Vision Instruct
Open in Playground

FAQ

Common questions about Muse Spark Open vs North Micro Vision Instruct.

Which is better, Muse Spark Open or North Micro Vision Instruct?

Muse Spark Open leads the LLM Stats Score 44.9 to -5.4. Muse Spark Open is made by Meta and North Micro Vision Instruct is made by Cohere. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Muse Spark Open compare to North Micro Vision Instruct in benchmarks?

Muse Spark Open scores MCP Atlas: 89.2%, GPQA: 89.0%, OSWorld-Verified: 80.4%, BabyVision: 80.2%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 76.4%. North Micro Vision Instruct scores DocVQA: 92.1%, ChartQA: 80.8%, OCRBench: 79.2%, AI2D: 77.5%, IFEval: 74.9%.

What are the context window sizes for Muse Spark Open and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Muse Spark Open supports 1.0M tokens and North Micro Vision Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Muse Spark Open and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (44.9 vs -5.4), licensing (Muse Model License vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Muse Spark Open and North Micro Vision Instruct?

Muse Spark Open is developed by Meta and North Micro Vision Instruct is developed by Cohere.

Related comparisons