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Model comparison

Muse Spark 1.2 vs Nemotron 4 340b Instruct

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.

Muse Spark 1.2 Meta

50.3

Rank #48 Confirmed

Nemotron 4 340b Instruct NVIDIA

35.9

Rank #223 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher in 8 categories and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 72.3 to 42.7.
  • Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Muse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
ProviderMetaNVIDIA
Noometry Index50.335.9
Released2026-08-052024-06-14
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output131K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$4.25—
Results tracked3117

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 49.2 (#51), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 35.2 (#228)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Coding14951209
DeepSWE54.9%—
LMArena WebDev1533—
FrontierSWE12%—
SciCode56.4%—
WeirdML60.3%—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 29.4 (#87), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
APEX-Agents36.4%—
GDP.pdf16%—

Reasoning Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 51.3 (#34), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 23.4 (#178)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Hard Prompts14861202
SimpleBench74.5%—
NYT Connections (extended)79.2%—
CritPt17.7%—
DTBench94.7%—
LMCA48.4%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.87—

Math Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 46.4 (#70), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 34.3 (#195)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Math14711216
ProofBench43%—

Knowledge Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 54.1 (#53), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 32.0 (#216)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Expert14801171
SimpleQA Verified60.3%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Muse Spark 1.2: 43.4 (#25), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: —

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Vision1305—

Multilingual Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 57.1 (#11), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.9 (#233)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Non-English14781206
LMArena Chinese15111214
LMArena French15131197
LMArena Russian14871219
LMArena Spanish14981195
LMArena German—1192
LMArena Japanese—1128
LMArena Korean—1148

Instruction Following Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 76.7 (#36), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 63.1 (#232)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Instruction Following14611203

Long Context Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 45.2 (#48), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 37.1 (#221)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Longer Query14751225

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.2 leads

Muse Spark 1.2: 72.3 (#14), Nemotron 4 340b Instruct: 42.7 (#233)

BenchmarkMuse Spark 1.2Nemotron 4 340b Instruct
LMArena Text14821225
LMArena Creative Writing14491203
LMArena Multi-Turn14941214
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1840—

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Spark 1.2 better than Nemotron 4 340b Instruct?

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 50.3 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Muse Spark 1.2 or Nemotron 4 340b Instruct better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 49.2 versus 35.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Muse Spark 1.2 and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct share?

14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Spark 1.2 has 31 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 4 340b Instruct has 17.

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