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Muse Glimmer 30B vs Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor

Muse Glimmer 30B (Meta) and Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor (Meta) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 22 August 2026

As of 22 August 2026, Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#39 vs #191); Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor is 5.5× cheaper per output token ($0.20/1M vs $1.10/1M); Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor offers the longer context window (1M vs 131K tokens); and Muse Glimmer 30B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Muse Glimmer 30B if…

  • you want to self-host: Muse Glimmer 30B ships open weights while Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 5 listed API providers against 1.

Choose Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #39 against #191 (54.7 vs 16.1 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.20/1M output tokens against $1.10/1M, about 5.5× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.10/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 131K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor was listed 21 August 2026, Muse Glimmer 30B 9 August 2026.

Muse Glimmer 30B vs Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Muse Glimmer 30B and Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor
FieldMuse Glimmer 30BMetaMuse Spark 1.2 ContributorMeta
ModelCap Index position#191#39
Index score16.154.7
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30$0.10
Output price / 1M tokens$1.10$0.20
Context window131K tokens1M tokens
Max output tokens131K—
API providers listed51
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesText, ImageText, Image, Video, File, Audio
First listed9 August 202621 August 2026
PublisherMetaMeta

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Muse Glimmer 30B vs Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor

Public benchmark boards where Muse Glimmer 30B or Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor has a published result
BoardMuse Glimmer 30BMuse Spark 1.2 ContributorLeads
WildClawBench OpenClawWildClawBench47.6—Only one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Muse Glimmer 30B vs Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: common questions

Is Muse Glimmer 30B better than Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 August 2026: #39 against #191. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Muse Glimmer 30B cheaper than Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor is cheaper on output tokens: $0.20/1M against $1.10/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for Muse Glimmer 30B and $0.10/1M for Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Glimmer 30B or Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, Muse Glimmer 30B or Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Muse Glimmer 30B and Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor open-weight models?

Muse Glimmer 30B: Open weights. Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Muse Glimmer 30B and Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?

ModelCap currently lists 5 API providers for Muse Glimmer 30B and 1 for Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Muse Glimmer 30B vs Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 22 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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