# Muse Spark 1.1 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Spark 1.1 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 3
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: Muse Spark 1.1 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 share only 3 sourced benchmark rows.

## Summary

- Only 3 shared sourced benchmark rows are available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 65.92 | 19.1 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 57.7 (Supported · #22/105)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.0% | 23.5% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| MCP Atlas | 88.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | 75.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | 69% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 84.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 59.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | 53.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 14.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| JobBench | 54.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Cybench | 92.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | 0.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 69.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 9.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 56.3 (Supported · #23/135)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.0% | 23.5% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 52.8% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 36.5% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 31.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 75.5 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCR 1M | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 77.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 88.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 76.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 68.2 (Supported · #15/158)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 62.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 52.2% | 10.5% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| HealthBench Professional | 59.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 91.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 88.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 72.9% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between Muse Spark 1.1 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Not yet. The models share only 3 sourced benchmark rows, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

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