Which is cheaper, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct or Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct, at $0.08 per million tokens against $0.50 for Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, three parts input to one part output, read on 19 Sept 2026.

Where is each one cheapest?

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: $0.08 at Inference. Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.50 is the number to beat.

Can I buy both from one provider?

Yes. 4 providers sell both: NanoGPT, LLM Gateway, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.

Which holds more context?

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, at 1M tokens against 131k.

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct vs Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor.

model vs model · prices as of 19 Sept 2026

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct takes 3 of 5 rounds against Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor. It is also the cheaper of the two to run, at $0.08 per million tokens against $0.50.

Metawins 3 rounds

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

$0.08/M tokens

cheapest we can explain, at Inference · $0.0132 per 1,000 pages

131k context · open weights

Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor

$0.50/M tokens

Meta list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.072 per 1,000 pages

1M context · tool calling · reads images

List price in (lower wins)

$0.05/M

$0.10/M

List price out (lower wins)

$0.33/M

$0.20/M

Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)

$0.08/M at Inference

none below list

Standard price (lower wins)

$0.48/M

$0.50/M

Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)

$0.0132

$0.072

Context

131k tokens

1M tokens

Open weights

yes

Tool calling

yes

Structured output

yes

Reads images

yes

Reasoning

yes

Released

25 Sept 2024

5 Aug 2026

Providers selling it

Price we measure against

OpenRouter

the maker's own

Trains on your prompts (no is better)

not stated

no provider to check

Providers selling both · 4

NanoGPT$0.14 / $0.30
LLM Gateway$0.14 / $0.50
Kilo Gateway$0.48 / $0.50
OpenRouter$0.48 / $0.50

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct then Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, per million tokens

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct or Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor?: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct, at $0.08 per million tokens against $0.50 for Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, three parts input to one part output, read on 19 Sept 2026.
Where is each one cheapest?: Llama 3.2 3B Instruct: $0.08 at Inference. Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $0.50 is the number to beat.
Can I buy both from one provider?: Yes. 4 providers sell both: NanoGPT, LLM Gateway, Kilo Gateway, OpenRouter. The cheapest of them for the two together is NanoGPT.
Which holds more context?: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor, at 1M tokens against 131k.

Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 19 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.