# Muse Spark vs Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Spark 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-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 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 has the higher overall point estimate 60.47 to 49.51. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.
- The clearest category separation is in instruction following, where the averages are 93.3 for Muse Spark and 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is HLE in Knowledge, with scores of 50.4% and 29.2%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 262K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 60.47 | 49.51 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 19 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 51.1 (Supported · #46/127)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 44.2 (Estimated · #61/127)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | 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 | 66.7% | 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 public-lane score: 49.9 (Supported · #44/150)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.4% | 71.1% | Muse Spark |
| SWE-bench Pro | 52.4% | 51.8% | 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 | 88.2% | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 57.1 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 73 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 42.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 10.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Spark public-lane score: 84.4 (#12/54)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 62 (Unranked · 5 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 86.4% | 80.8% | 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 | 29.6% | Coming soon |
| 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 public-lane score: 62.4 (Supported · #44/184)
- Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B public-lane score: 51.8 (Estimated · #73/184)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | 89.5% | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B |
| HLE | 50.4% | 29.2% | Muse Spark |
| HLE w/o tools | 42.8% | 31.8% | 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 public-lane score: 66.6 (#72/146)

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

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

| Benchmark | Muse Spark | Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Apex Shortlist | Coming soon | 88.4% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

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

Muse Spark has the higher overall point estimate. Conditional score ranges do not establish rank confidence.

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

The widest category gap is in instruction following, where the averages are 93.3 for Muse Spark and 66.6 for Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B.

### 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 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL 120B A12B currently has 19 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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