Artificial Analysis, 2 September 2026. The max variant scored 52%, the top score of any model it listed, and is not charted. · source
| Spec | Value |
|---|---|
| Maker | Meta[1][2] |
| Released | 2 September 2026 |
| Context window | 1M tokens |
| Input | Video, images and documents (Meta[1][2]); text, image and video (Artificial Analysis[4]) |
| API models | muse-spark-1.3 and muse-spark-1.3-contributor |
| muse-spark-1.3 price per 1M tokens (USD) | $1.25 input, $0.15 cached input, $4.25 output |
| muse-spark-1.3-contributor price per 1M tokens (USD) | $0.10 input, $0.002 cached input, $0.20 output; used to improve Meta's[1][2] products |
| Cost per Intelligence Index task (xhigh) | $0.55, against $0.40 for Muse Spark 1.2 |
| Access | Muse Code and Meta[1][2] Model API |
From Meta's developer model page (opened 2 November 2026) and Artificial Analysis's launch write-up. The page does not state a maximum output length. · source
Estimate from the version's published specs, benchmarks and reviews, 0-5; scores are only comparable within one criteria year. September 2 launch, generally available xhigh variant: Artificial Analysis launch Index 61 (contemporary index), 1M context, text/image/video. Standard API USD1.25 input/4.25 output per million gives USD2 blended at 3:1. Limited-preview max 62 is not the shipping variant. Terminal-Bench 2.1 85% cannot populate the Terminal-Bench 4 coding axis. Launch throughput not established, so speed null. Current rebased Index values and later speed are not substituted. DataCamp tested six runs on three coding tasks; IonWarp is a review-tool vendor reporting its own benchmark, not an independent laboratory.[2]
Both variants' gains come primarily from improvements in agentic work and scientific capabilities
Across 6 runs on 3 coding tasks, 1.3 was cheaper on 2 and 38% more expensive on the third, for a net 12% cost increase over the set.
Muse Spark 1.3 is the best model we have run on general code review.
| Muse Spark 1.3: Meta reaches the frontier · Sep 2, 2026 | 0.50 |
|---|---|
| Muse Spark 1.3 Tutorial: A Hands-On Developer Guide · Sep 7, 2026 | -0.20 |
| Muse Spark code review: Muse Spark 1.3 benchmarks on real pull requests · Oct 5, 2026 | 0.80 |
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Meta's[2] post is dated "September 2, 2026" and says "We're excited to release Muse Spark 1.3" and that it "is available today in Muse Code and in Meta Model API"; Artificial Analysis[4]' write-up of the same day opens "Meta has released Muse Spark 1.3".
Meta's[1] developer model page lists the two API models and their prices - muse-spark-1.3 at $1.25 input, $0.15 cached input and $4.25 output per million tokens, and muse-spark-1.3-contributor at $0.10 and $0.20 with data used to improve Meta's products - both with a 1M-token context window.
VentureBeat's report by Carl Franzen says the xhigh version is broadly available through Muse Code and Meta[1][2] Model API while the max configuration is undergoing safety testing and will arrive shortly, and notes the open-weights release now on Meta's roadmap.
Artificial Analysis' same-day independent benchmark write-up: Muse Spark 1.3 (xhigh) scores 61 on its Intelligence Index, up from 57 for 1.2 and 53 for 1.1, and the limited-preview max variant 62, behind only Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Opus 5; it gives the Tau3-Bench Banking, Terminal-Bench 2.1, GDPval-AA v2 and cost-per-task figures.
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