AI model comparison

Muse Glimmer 30B vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Muse Glimmer 30B is a dense, open-weight multimodal model from Meta Superintelligence Labs, distilled from Muse Spark and optimized for autonomous agents on consumer hardware.

Input / 1M
$0.30
Output / 1M
$1.20
Context
131K

DeepSeek V4 Flash is an efficiency-optimized Mixture-of-Experts model from DeepSeek with 284B total parameters and 13B activated parameters, supporting a 1M-token context window.

Input / 1M
$0.01
Output / 1M
$1.28
Context
1.05M

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423

1.8x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423

24.4 vs 17.5 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423

1.05M vs 131K tokens

Newer release

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Muse Glimmer 30B

Released August 9, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

meta logoMuse Glimmer 30B17.5
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 042324.4

Coding index

meta logoMuse Glimmer 30B49
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 042352

Agentic index

meta logoMuse Glimmer 30B8.5
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 042326.3

Pricing

Muse Glimmer 30B vs DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricmeta logoMuse Glimmer 30Bdeepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.30$0.01
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$1.20$1.28
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.04$0.01
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

meta logoMuse Glimmer 30B$1.20
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0423$0.66

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

meta logoMuse Glimmer 30B$13.80$6 cached
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0423$5.42$5.42 cached

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

meta logoMuse Glimmer 30B$47.40$8.40 cached
deepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0423$4.05$4.05 cached

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricmeta logoMuse Glimmer 30Bdeepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
Context window131K tokens1.05M tokens
Max output16K tokens944K tokens
Input typesImage, TextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsExtra high, High, Medium, LowExtra high, High
Default reasoning effortMediumHigh
Release dateAugust 9, 2026April 24, 2026

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricmeta logoMuse Glimmer 30Bdeepseek logoDeepSeek V4 Flash 0423
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedSupported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 is 1.8x cheaper for a typical chat. DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (24.4 vs 17.5). DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 has the larger context window (1.05M vs 131K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Muse Glimmer 30B or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 cheaper?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 costs $0.01 per 1M input tokens and $1.28 per 1M output tokens, while Muse Glimmer 30B costs $0.30 per 1M input tokens and $1.20 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Muse Glimmer 30B or DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423?

DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 131K for Muse Glimmer 30B.

Is Muse Glimmer 30B smarter than DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Muse Glimmer 30B scores 17.5 and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 scores 24.4, putting DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Muse Glimmer 30B and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Muse Glimmer 30B and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Muse Glimmer 30B and DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.