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Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor (Meta) and Mistral Medium 3.5 (Mistral AI) 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 #40); Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor is 37.5× cheaper per output token ($0.20/1M vs $7.50/1M); and Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor offers the longer context window (1M vs 262K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #39 against #40 (54.7 vs 54.5 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.20/1M output tokens against $7.50/1M, about 37.5× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.10/1M against $1.50/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 1M tokens against 262K.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor was listed 21 August 2026, Mistral Medium 3.5 30 April 2026.

Choose Mistral Medium 3.5 if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Mistral Medium 3.5 leads Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor for this pair.

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor vs Mistral Medium 3.5: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor and Mistral Medium 3.5
FieldMuse Spark 1.2 ContributorMetaMistral Medium 3.5Mistral AI
ModelCap Index position#39#40
Index score54.754.5
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.10$1.50
Output price / 1M tokens$0.20$7.50
Context window1M tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens——
API providers listed11
Weight accessAPI onlyAPI only
Input modalitiesText, Image, Video, File, AudioText, Image, File
First listed21 August 202630 April 2026
PublisherMetaMistral AI

Evidence: publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated · 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor vs Mistral Medium 3.5

Public benchmark boards where Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor or Mistral Medium 3.5 has a published result
BoardMuse Spark 1.2 ContributorMistral Medium 3.5Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14791468–1490Only one result
LMArena AgentLMArena—-7.6%-9.5%–-5.7%Only one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—30.4intelligence-indexOnly 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 Spark 1.2 Contributor vs Mistral Medium 3.5: common questions

Is Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor better than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 22 August 2026: #39 against #40. 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 Spark 1.2 Contributor cheaper than Mistral Medium 3.5?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor is cheaper on output tokens: $0.20/1M against $7.50/1M. Input tokens are $0.10/1M for Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor and $1.50/1M for Mistral Medium 3.5. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor or Mistral Medium 3.5?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor has the larger context window: 1M tokens against 262K.

Which is better for coding, Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor or Mistral Medium 3.5?

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 Spark 1.2 Contributor and Mistral Medium 3.5 open-weight models?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: API only. Mistral Medium 3.5: 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 Spark 1.2 Contributor and Mistral Medium 3.5?

ModelCap currently lists 1 API provider for Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor and 1 for Mistral Medium 3.5, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor vs Mistral Medium 3.5 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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