# Muse Spark vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Spark and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-spark-vs-nemotron-3-5-super-vl-120b-a12b-nvfp4
- Last updated: October 15, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Spark leads overall 60.47 to 58.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 93.3 for Muse Spark and 68.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 50.4% and 29%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 60.47 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 18 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 51.1 (Supported · #46/127)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 74.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | 43.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 60.8% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench Airline | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 17.8% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 77.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 49.9 (Supported · #44/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.4% | 71.1% | Muse Spark |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.4% | 51.3% | Muse Spark |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | 80.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 19.67% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 74.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 57.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 72.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 84.4 (#12/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 59.5 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 86.4% | 79.9% | Muse Spark |
| MMMU-Pro | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ERQA | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SimpleVQA | 71.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 84.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 33.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 29.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLongBench-Doc | Coming soon | 62.8% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 77.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 62.4 (Supported · #44/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 89.9% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 |
| HLE | 50.4% | 29% | Muse Spark |
| HLE w/o tools | 42.8% | 31.4% | Muse Spark |
| HealthBench Hard | 42.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 93.3 (#10/146)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.1 (#71/146)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 71.5% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Spark or Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

Muse Spark is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Spark and Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 93.3 for Muse Spark and 68.1 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark currently has 25 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B NVFP4 currently has 18 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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