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Muse Spark 1.3 vs Muse Glimmer: Meta's two price tiers

Meta's model line-up now spans a mid-priced flagship and a much cheaper small model. Both are cheaper than the Western frontier — but they are not in the same performance class.

Value verdict: on intelligence per $1, Llama currently comes out ahead — 164,571 vs 137,143. Prices move often, so recheck the calculator regularly.

At a glance

Model compared

Muse Spark 1.3	Muse Glimmer (high)	Llama
Flagship model	Muse Spark 1.3	Muse Glimmer (high)
Input / 1M	$1.25	$0.33
Output / 1M	$4.25	$1.35
Intelligence index	48	18
Tokens / $1	285.7k	914.3k
Intelligence / $1	137,143	164,571
Cheapest plan	—	—

Price

Muse Spark 1.3 is $1.25 / $4.25 per 1M tokens. Muse Glimmer is $0.325 / $1.35 — roughly a quarter of the price on input and a third on output. Both sit below OpenAI's and Anthropic's frontier models.

Capability

Muse Spark 1.3 is the flagship and scores far higher on the intelligence index, putting it in the same conversation as mid-tier frontier models at a lower price. Muse Glimmer is a small, fast model — useful, but several tiers below its sibling on reasoning and one-shot reliability.

When to pick which

Use Muse Spark 1.3 when you need a capable general model without frontier prices — it is one of the better value picks in our catalog. Use Muse Glimmer for narrow, high-volume jobs: extraction, classification, simple rewrites. If you mostly need cheap volume, compare it against DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and GLM-5.3 Flash, which are cheaper still.

Bottom line: Muse Spark 1.3 for real work, Muse Glimmer for cost-dominated tasks where quality is not the constraint. The price difference is real, but so is the capability gap.