# Muse Spark 1.1 vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B > Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Spark 1.1 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks. - Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b - Last updated: October 15, 2026 - Shared sourced benchmarks: 6 - HTML indexing: indexable - Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8 ## Quick Verdict Muse Spark 1.1 leads by point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. Choose using the category evidence and your own workload tests. ## Summary - Muse Spark 1.1 has the higher overall point estimate 65.99 to 49.51. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. - The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 81.9 for Muse Spark 1.1 and 62 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B. - The biggest single benchmark swing is BabyVision in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 76.3% and 29.6%. ## Model Snapshot | Property | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | |----------|----------|----------| | Creator | Meta | NVIDIA | | Type | Proprietary | Open Weight | | Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning | | Context | 1M | 1M | | Overall Score | 65.99 | 49.51 | | Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 19 | | Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | ## Category Breakdown ### Agentic - Winner: Directional only - Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 58.7 (Supported · #33/127) - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127) | Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.0% | 66.7% | 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 | | τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 76.5% | Coming soon | | τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 18.9% | Coming soon | | BrowseComp | Coming soon | 78% | Coming soon | ### Coding - Winner: Not comparable - Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 52.4 (Supported · #40/150) - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon | Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 80.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon | | SWE-bench Pro | 61.5% | 51.8% | Muse Spark 1.1 | | LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon | | SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon | | LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 88.2% | Coming soon | | SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 71.1% | Coming soon | | SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon | ### Reasoning - Winner: Not comparable - Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 79.2 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows) - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows) | Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | MRCR 1M | 54.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon | | CritPt | Coming soon | 10.9% | Coming soon | ### Multimodal & Grounded - Winner: Not comparable - Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 81.9 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows) - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows) | Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | CharXiv | 88.4% | 80.8% | Muse Spark 1.1 | | BabyVision | 76.3% | 29.6% | Muse Spark 1.1 | | MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon | | V* | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon | | MathVision | Coming soon | 78.2% | Coming soon | ### Knowledge - Winner: Directional only - Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 68.3 (Supported · #23/184) - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184) | Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | HLE | 62.1% | 29.2% | Muse Spark 1.1 | | HLE w/o tools | 52.2% | 31.8% | 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-D | Coming soon | 89.5% | Coming soon | ### Instruction Following - Winner: Not comparable - Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146) | Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | IFBench | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon | ### Mathematics - Winner: Not comparable - Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon - Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon | Benchmark | Muse Spark 1.1 | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner | |-----------|-----------|-----------|--------| | Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon | ## FAQ ### Which is better overall, Muse Spark 1.1 or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B? Muse Spark 1.1 has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence. ### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Spark 1.1 and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B? The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 81.9 for Muse Spark 1.1 and 62 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B. ### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.1 cover on BenchLM? Muse Spark 1.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM. ### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B cover on BenchLM? Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM. ## Related Comparisons - [Muse Spark 1.1 vs Muse Spark 1.2](/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-muse-spark-1-2) - [Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Muse Spark 1.2](/compare/muse-spark-1-2-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b) - [Muse Spark 1.1 vs Muse Spark](/compare/muse-spark-vs-muse-spark-1-1) - [Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B vs Muse Spark](/compare/muse-spark-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b) ## Explore More - [Muse Spark 1.1 profile](/models/muse-spark-1-1) - [Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B profile](/models/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b) - [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing) - [Alternative Finder](/tools/alternative-finder) - [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector) - [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)