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Muse Spark is Meta’s closed frontier line. Llama 4 remains the open-weight workhorse for local and fine-tune stacks.

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Muse Spark 1.2

Meta · Aug 2026 · Proprietary

56.8
Index
Intel56.8
Code71
Agents52

Meta’s closed frontier. Fast on 1.1, strong HLE, still thinner independent coding evidence than Claude or GPT.

Price /1M
$1.25 / $4.25
Context
1M
Speed
—
Status
Current
Meta stackKnowledge work
Details
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Muse Spark 1.1

Meta · Jul 2026 · Proprietary

53.2
Index
Intel53.2
Code66
Agents48

The measured-fast Muse. Prefer 1.2 on quality; keep 1.1 if 200 tok/s is the requirement.

Price /1M
$1.25 / $4.25
Context
1M
Speed
206 t/s
Status
Superseded
Low-latency Meta endpoints
Details
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Llama 4 Maverick

Meta · Apr 2025 · Open weight

32
Index
Intel32
Code45
Agents18

The Llama you can actually fine-tune. Not on the 2026 intelligence frontier. Still the default open Meta line.

Price /1M
$0.20 / $0.60
Context
1M
Speed
120 t/s
Status
Current
Fine-tunesPermissive-ish Meta license
Details

Aperture is a field guide, not a vendor. Scores compiled 28 Aug 2026.

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