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Muse Wonder vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

Muse Wonder leads the LLM Stats Score 49.2 to 22.1.

Meta · NVIDIA · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Muse Wonder leads the overall LLM Stats Score 49.2 to 22.1, ranking #25 overall.

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

Choose Muse Wonder

  • overall performance matters — it scores 49.2 and ranks #25 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Muse Wonder
Meta
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
NVIDIA
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
49.2
#25
22.1
#200
Reasoning
37.7
#81
20.0
#212
Coding
38.2
#21
7.4
#205
Agents
37.2
#17
5.9
#163
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.08 / M
Output price
— / M
$0.20 / M
Context window
—
262,144

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Muse Wonder
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
Tool use
19.1#75
-0.7#202
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Muse Wonder · 13 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

No common benchmarks found

Muse Wonder and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)don'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 Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) specifies input context (262,144 tokens). Only Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) specifies output context (262,144 tokens).

Meta
Muse Wonder
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
NVIDIA
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
Input262,144 tokens
Output262,144 tokens
Tue Oct 20 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Muse Wonder supports multimodal inputs, whereas Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) does not.

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

Muse Wonder

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Muse Wonder is licensed under a proprietary license, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) uses OpenMDW License v1.1.

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

Muse Wonder

Proprietary

Closed source

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

OpenMDW License v1.1

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Muse Wonder was released on 2026-10-12, while Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) was released on 2026-08-11.

Muse Wonder is 2 months newer than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).

Muse Wonder

Oct 12, 2026

5 days ago

2mo newer
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)

Aug 11, 2026

2 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Muse Wonder and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Muse Wonder
✓ Preferred
Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)
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FAQ

Common questions about Muse Wonder vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B).

Which is better, Muse Wonder or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Muse Wonder leads the LLM Stats Score 49.2 to 22.1. Muse Wonder is made by Meta and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is made by NVIDIA. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Muse Wonder compare to Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) in benchmarks?

Muse Wonder scores MemoryBench: 85.6%, DeepSWE 1.1: 78.8%, OSWorld 2.1 (partial): 72.6%, JobBench: 70.5%, HealthBench Professional: 60.5%. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) scores PinchBench: 85.4%, MMLU-Pro: 81.9%, GPQA: 75.4%, IFBench: 71.9%, AA-LCR: 52.0%.

What are the context window sizes for Muse Wonder and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Muse Wonder supports an unknown number of tokens and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) supports 262K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Muse Wonder and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (49.2 vs 22.1), multimodal support (yes vs no), licensing (Proprietary vs OpenMDW License v1.1). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Muse Wonder and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)?

Muse Wonder is developed by Meta and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is developed by NVIDIA.

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