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Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Muse Spark 1.3

Muse Spark 1.3 leads the LLM Stats Score 55.3 to 0.7.

NVIDIA · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Muse Spark 1.3 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 55.3 to 0.7, ranking #5 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

Choose Muse Spark 1.3

  • overall performance matters — it scores 55.3 and ranks #5 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 2026

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
NVIDIA
Muse Spark 1.3
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
0.7
#312
55.3
#5
Reasoning
0.4
#304
52.8
#7
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
— / M
$0.10 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
—
1,048,576

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct · 11 for Muse Spark 1.3

No common benchmarks found

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Muse Spark 1.3don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Muse Spark 1.3 specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only Muse Spark 1.3 specifies output context (943,718 tokens).

NVIDIA
Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Muse Spark 1.3
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output943,718 tokens
Fri Sep 04 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Muse Spark 1.3 supports multimodal inputs, whereas Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct does not.

Muse Spark 1.3 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Muse Spark 1.3

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is licensed under Llama 3.1 Community License, while Muse Spark 1.3 uses a proprietary license.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Llama 3.1 Community License

Open weights

Muse Spark 1.3

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct was released on 2024-10-01, while Muse Spark 1.3 was released on 2026-09-02.

Muse Spark 1.3 is 23 months newer than Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Oct 1, 2024

1.9 years ago

Muse Spark 1.3

Sep 2, 2026

2 days ago

1.9yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2023-12-01, while Muse Spark 1.3's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct's training data extends to 2023-12-01, but cannot make a direct comparison without Muse Spark 1.3's cutoff date.

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct

Dec 2023

Muse Spark 1.3

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Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Muse Spark 1.3 side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct vs Muse Spark 1.3.

Which is better, Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct or Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 leads the LLM Stats Score 55.3 to 0.7. Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is made by NVIDIA and Muse Spark 1.3 is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct compare to Muse Spark 1.3 in benchmarks?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct scores GSM8k: 91.4%, HellaSwag: 85.6%, Winogrande: 84.5%, GSM8K Chat: 81.9%, MMLU Chat: 80.6%. Muse Spark 1.3 scores MRCR v2 (8-needle): 98.5%, MRCR v2 (8-needle, 512K-1M): 98.1%, DeepSearchQA: 89.4%, Terminal-Bench 2.1: 88.8%, DeepSWE 1.1: 75.4%.

What are the context window sizes for Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Muse Spark 1.3?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct supports an unknown number of tokens and Muse Spark 1.3 supports 1.0M tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Muse Spark 1.3?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (0.7 vs 55.3), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Llama 3.1 Community License vs Proprietary). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct and Muse Spark 1.3?

Llama 3.1 Nemotron 70B Instruct is developed by NVIDIA and Muse Spark 1.3 is developed by Meta.

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