Model comparison
Llama 3-70B vs Muse Spark 1.2
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 16 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 16 benchmarks with published results for both. Llama 3-70B scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 9 categories; 9 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 46.4 to 12.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 54.2% for Llama 3-70B and 94.7% for Muse Spark 1.2.
- Llama 3-70B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 28.8 | 50.3 |
| Released | 2024-04-18 | 2026-08-05 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | 1.05M |
| Max output | — | 131K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $1.25 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $4.25 |
| Results tracked | 31 | 31 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.8 (#218), Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1206 | 1495 |
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1533 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| WeirdML | — | 60.3% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 54.5% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 72% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 21.1 (#139), Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| Cybench | 5% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |
Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 18.0 (#288), Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1195 | 1486 |
| DTBench | 54.2% | 94.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 122.93 | 154.87 |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 35.1% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| LMCA | — | 48.4% |
| ForecastBench | 57.1 | — |
| WinoGrande | 83.5% | — |
Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 12.8 (#305), Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1218 | 1471 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 4.3% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| MATH Level 5 | 22.6% | — |
Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 20.8 (#277), Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1149 | 1480 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| MMLU | 79.3% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Llama 3-70B: —, Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | — | 1305 |
Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 33.6 (#251), Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1142 | 1478 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1114 | 1511 |
| LMArena French | 1232 | 1513 |
| LMArena Russian | 1159 | 1487 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1241 | 1498 |
| LMArena German | 1169 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1017 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1017 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 62.5 (#238), Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1194 | 1461 |
Long Context Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 35.6 (#240), Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1174 | 1475 |
Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads
Llama 3-70B: 42.8 (#231), Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14)
| Benchmark | Llama 3-70B | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1221 | 1482 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1210 | 1449 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1223 | 1494 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1840 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Llama 3-70B better than Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 28.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Llama 3-70B or Muse Spark 1.2 better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Llama 3-70B and Muse Spark 1.2 share?
16 benchmarks have published results for both models. Llama 3-70B has 31 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 31.