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MUSE WONDER VS MUSE SPARK 1.3
Meta vs Meta, in USD per million tokens, cross-checked daily against the public pricing dataset. Same jobs, both meters running.
Muse Wonder costs 4.6x more than Muse Spark 1.3 for the same job — a 1,000-token prompt with a 3,000-token reply runs $0.06 vs $0.01. At 1,000 runs a day, that gap is $1,500.00 a month for identical traffic.
SIDE BY SIDE
| Muse Wonder → | Muse Spark 1.3 → | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | Meta | Meta |
| Input / MTok | $4.00 | $1.25 |
| Output / MTok | $20.00 | $4.25 |
| Output multiple | 5.0x | 3.4x |
| 1K prompt + 3K reply | $0.06 | $0.01 |
SAME JOB, BOTH BILLS
| Scenario | Muse Wonder | Muse Spark 1.3 | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| A typical prompt | $0.02 | $0.0042 | 4.6x |
| A 20-turn conversation | $0.10 | $0.02 | 4.4x |
| Summarizing a 10-page document | $0.10 | $0.02 | 4.1x |
| One agent run | $0.25 | $0.05 | 4.6x |
| A code review request | $0.08 | $0.02 | 4.5x |
Output sizes use the same editorial ratios as the Burn Calculator. Estimates, not invoices — and price is not a benchmark: the cheaper model is only a bargain if it does the job.
SETTLE IT WITH YOUR OWN PROMPT
Paste a real prompt into the Burn Calculator and see what it costs on Muse Wonder, Muse Spark 1.3 and the other 34 models on the board — plus how much of it is waste either way.