Muse Spark 1.2 contributor tier is a reasoning model from Meta designed for developers who want to start building at an even lower cost. It’s meaningfully cheaper than Muse Spark...
Model details →Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor vs Thinking Machines: Inkling Small
Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
Inkling Small is an open-weight multimodal mixture-of-experts model from Thinking Machines Lab, with 12B active parameters out of 276B total. It is positioned as the smaller, more efficient member of...
Model details →Side-by-side comparison
| Capability | Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor | Thinking Machines: Inkling Small | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window Maximum number of input tokens the model can attend to in a single request. | 1.0M | 1.0M | Tie |
| Input price (per 1M) Cost per million input tokens billed by the provider. | $0.10 | $0.45 | 🏆 Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor |
| Output price (per 1M) Cost per million output tokens billed by the provider. | $0.20 | $1.20 | 🏆 Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor |
| Tool / function calling First-class support for emitting structured tool calls. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Vision input Accepts image inputs alongside text. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
| Reasoning mode Internal chain-of-thought / extended-thinking support. | Yes | Yes | Tie |
Frequently asked questions
Is Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor better than Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?
Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor wins on 2 of 6 axes — pricing and capability skew in its favour for most workloads.
What's the price difference between Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small?
Input: $0.10 vs $0.45 per 1M tokens. Output: $0.20 vs $1.20 per 1M tokens.
What context windows do Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small support?
Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor supports up to 1.0M tokens. Thinking Machines: Inkling Small supports up to 1.0M tokens.
Do both Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor and Thinking Machines: Inkling Small support tool calling?
Meta: Muse Spark 1.2 Contributor: yes. Thinking Machines: Inkling Small: yes.