AI model comparison

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct

Side by side comparison of Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct on pricing, benchmark scores, context window, and more.

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor is the cost-efficient contributor tier of Meta’s multimodal reasoning model for experimentation, learning, and early-stage agentic, multi-agent, and coding workflows.

Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.20
Context
1.05M

The Meta Llama 3.3 multilingual large language model (LLM) is a pretrained and instruction tuned generative model in 70B (text in/text out).

Input / 1M
$0.10
Output / 1M
$0.32
Context
131K

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At a glance

Quick verdict

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

Lower price

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Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor

1.2x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

Not available

Not enough benchmark data

Larger context window

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Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor

1.05M vs 131K tokens

Newer release

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Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor

Released September 2, 2026

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

meta logoMuse Spark 1.3 ContributorNot available
meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct7.7

Coding index

meta logoMuse Spark 1.3 ContributorNot available
meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct11.9

Agentic index

meta logoMuse Spark 1.3 ContributorNot available
meta logoLlama 3.3 70B InstructNot available

Pricing

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor vs Llama 3.3 70B Instruct API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricmeta logoMuse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.10$0.10
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$0.20$0.32
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.00Not available
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available
Web searchPer request$0.0025Not 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 Spark 1.3 Contributor$0.30
meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct$0.36

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

meta logoMuse Spark 1.3 Contributor$3.80$0.86 cached
meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct$4.28

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

meta logoMuse Spark 1.3 Contributor$15.40$0.70 cached
meta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct$15.64

Specs

Context window and capabilities

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

Metricmeta logoMuse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
Context window1.05M tokens131K tokens
Max output944K tokens16K tokens
Input typesFile, Image, Text, VideoText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsMax, Extra high, High, Medium, Low, MinimalNot available
Default reasoning effortMediumNot available
Release dateSeptember 2, 2026December 6, 2024

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricmeta logoMuse Spark 1.3 Contributormeta logoLlama 3.3 70B Instruct
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningSupportedNot supported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesNot supportedSupported
Deterministic seedNot supportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor is 1.2x cheaper for a typical chat. Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor 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 Spark 1.3 Contributor or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct cheaper?

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.20 per 1M output tokens, while Llama 3.3 70B Instruct costs $0.10 per 1M input tokens and $0.32 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor or Llama 3.3 70B Instruct?

Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor supports up to 1.05M tokens of context, compared with 131K for Llama 3.3 70B Instruct.

Can I use Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor and Llama 3.3 70B Instruct at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.