Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Muse Spark 1.1
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 19 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 19 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.1 leads 44.0 to 12.0.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.2% for Llama 3-70B and 94.4% for Muse Spark 1.1.
- Llama 3-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 28.5 | 49.9 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2026-04-08 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.3 (#215), Muse Spark 1.1: 50.8 (#38)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1497 |
| DeepSWE | — | 53.3% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1542 |
| SciCode | — | 58.8% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.9 (#132), Muse Spark 1.1: 33.9 (#45)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| τ²-bench Banking | — | 40.5% |
| Cybench | 5% | — |
| GBAEval | — | 7.9% |
| GDP.pdf | — | 15% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | — | 6,520 |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 17.4 (#284), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.9 (#41)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 54.2% | 94.4% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.91 | 154.32 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 84.9% |
| CritPt | — | 15.1% |
| LMCA | — | 49.9% |
| Surface Evolver Bench | — | 52.5% |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.0 (#299), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.0 (#67)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1477 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 39% |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#272), Muse Spark 1.1: 52.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 1480 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 57.8% |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: —, Muse Spark 1.1: 41.9 (#28)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1292 |
| LMArena Document | — | 1465 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.8 (#246), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.8 (#16)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1471 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1518 |
| LMArena French | 1231 | 1494 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | 1466 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | 1445 |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | 1459 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1482 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1471 |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.8 (#233), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.8 (#36)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1457 |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#235), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#55)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 1463 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads
Llama 3-70B: 43.0 (#225), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.6 (#11)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1479 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1440 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1484 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1927 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | — | 1260 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Muse Spark 1.1?
Muse Spark 1.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.9 to 28.5 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.8 versus 35.3 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Muse Spark 1.1 share?
19 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 36.