Muse Spark Open (Xhigh) vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: Muse Spark Open (Xhigh) by Meta or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick Muse Spark Open (Xhigh)
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs Muse Spark Open (Xhigh): 67.1% less intelligence, 11.3% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 5.3% slower end-to-end.
| Metric | Muse Spark Open (Xhigh) | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 38.9 | 12.8 | −67.1% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 67.1% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $1,184.90 | $1,318.62 | +11.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 11.3% more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 15.36s | 16.18s | +5.3% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 5.3% slower |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $1.25 / $4.25 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Speech, Video | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- Muse Spark Open (Xhigh) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
Muse Spark Open (Xhigh)Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)Today's Pareto frontierOpen-weights frontierEvery other model
Matchup
Compare something else
Agents:
Accept: text/markdown or ?format=md returns this page as Markdown. JSON: /api/v1/compare/muse-spark-open/nvidia-nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b · Markdown: /api/v1/compare/muse-spark-open/nvidia-nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b?format=md · llms.txt · agent skill