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Muse Spark vs Mixtral 8×7B

Meta Muse Spark vs Mistral Mixtral 8×7B — side-by-side specs.

Meta
Muse Spark
Mistral
Mixtral 8×7B
Overview
CompanyMetaMistral
Release dateApr 8 2026Dec 9 2023
Model type
Open sourceNoYes
Specifications
Parameters
Context window
Benchmarks
Coding
SWE-Bench Verified
77.4%
Science
GPQA Diamond
89.5%
Multimodal
MMMU
80.4%
Timeline
Release gapMixtral 8×7B shipped 851 days before Muse Spark

Which is better: Muse Spark or Mixtral 8×7B?

Muse Spark and Mixtral 8×7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks, so there's no direct head-to-head comparison. Mixtral 8×7B shipped 851 days before Muse Spark, so benchmark comparisons should account for the intervening progress.

Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model; Muse Spark is proprietary.

Direct benchmark comparisons are unavailable — Muse Spark and Mixtral 8×7B don't publish scores on any of the same benchmarks.

Frequently asked questions

When was Muse Spark released?
Muse Spark was released by Meta on Apr 8 2026.
When was Mixtral 8×7B released?
Mixtral 8×7B was released by Mistral on Dec 9 2023.
Is Muse Spark or Mixtral 8×7B open source?
Mixtral 8×7B is an open-source / open-weight model released by Mistral. Muse Spark is a proprietary model released by Meta.

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