Is Muse Spark 1.3 a good deal?
Whether anything in this catalogue beats Muse Spark 1.3 on both quality and price, and what you give up if it does. A computation on the current catalogue, not an opinion.
6 undominated of 137 · Sep 19, 2026
As of Sep 19, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher and costs less than Muse Spark 1.3 for Balanced on LMArena, but it is not a drop-in. You would give up: max output.
Gemini 3.8 Flash scores 5.0 points higher and costs 25% less, but you would give up: max output.
Muse Spark 1.3 takes text, image, video, file, audio, returns up to 943,718 tokens from a 1,048,576-token context, and is listed by 1 seller.
Compared against 137 rated, priced models on this lens: nothing dominates it outright, 2 more dominate it but give something up. Muse Spark 1.3 scores 1489.7 at $2.00 per million tokens for this mix.
Higher score, lower price, named losses
Not a drop-in. The loss is why these are not a recommendation.
| Model | LMArena | Effective $/M | You give up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | 1494.7 | $1.50/M | max output |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | 1490.5 | $1.50/M | max output |
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