Llama Guard 4 12B vs Muse Spark 1.3
Llama Guard 4 12B costs 23.6x less per output token than Muse Spark 1.3 ($0.18 vs $4.25 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.18
- Coding
- 57.4
- Overall
- 68.6
- Output $/M
- $4.25
Llama Guard 4 12B or Muse Spark 1.3: which to pick
Only Muse Spark 1.3 has a coding score, 57.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama Guard 4 12B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick Llama Guard 4 12B for output tokens 23.6x cheaper ($0.18 vs $4.25 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. Llama Guard 4 12B has none yet; Muse Spark 1.3 on LiveBench coding, LMArena WebDev and AA Coding Index. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Only Muse Spark 1.3 has a coding score, so no call is made.
One side not measured
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Muse Spark 1.3 has a AA Intelligence Index result, 48.1.
Directional only
Agentic work
AA Agentic Index
No call
Only Muse Spark 1.3 has a AA Agentic Index result, 55.5.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
No call
Only Muse Spark 1.3 has a Design Arena: websites result, 1356.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Muse Spark 1.3
Muse Spark 1.3 takes 1.05M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama Guard 4 12B
Llama Guard 4 12B $0.0003, Muse Spark 1.3 $0.0034 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- Llama Guard 4 12B not benchmarked, Muse Spark 1.3 57.4 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- Llama Guard 4 12B $0.18 against Muse Spark 1.3 $4.25 per million output tokens, 23.6x apart.
- Context window
- Llama Guard 4 12B takes 164K tokens, Muse Spark 1.3 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index18 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 90.2% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1659 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 75.8 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 10.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 82.9% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Code migration (Vals AI) | Not measured | 27.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| ProgramBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 0.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 43.9% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 72.3% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| CyberBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 69.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 59.7% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| FrontierSWE | Not measured | 25.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1688.3 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1510 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1511 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1672 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1653 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: from an image | Not measured | 1640 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 25 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 48.1 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 157.2 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index16 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Agentic Index | Not measured | 55.5 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building web apps | Not measured | 1297 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps | Not measured | 1295 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building mobile apps | Not measured | 1217 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: agents building Godot games | Not measured | 1241 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: PowerPoint slides | Not measured | 1217 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: spreadsheets | Not measured | 1075 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 68.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 80.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 40.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Finance Agent (Vals AI) | Not measured | 58.9% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 36.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 40.9% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 62.7% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 4.3% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| APEX-Agents | Not measured | 58.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 26 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 89.7% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 94.1% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 48.7% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Chess puzzles | Not measured | 37.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 25.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1503 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1519 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1500 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1330 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1296 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Scale run) | Not measured | 25.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME | Not measured | 99.2% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| FrontierMath, tiers 1 to 3 | Not measured | 74.4% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| FrontierMath, tier 4 | Not measured | 46.3% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 58.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1497 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1491 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| MathArena | Not measured | 43.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index6 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1507 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1493 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1499 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1490 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| PRBench Finance | Not measured | 59.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| PRBench Legal | Not measured | 61.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here | |||
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index9 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | Not measured | 1356 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: UI components | Not measured | 1350 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: game dev | Not measured | 1328 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: data viz | Not measured | 1344 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: 3D | Not measured | 1358 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: all code categories | Not measured | 1352 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: SVG | Not measured | 1301 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | Not measured | 1283 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 74.8% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27 boards measured
| Benchmark | Llama Guard 4 12B | Muse Spark 1.3 | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 79.6% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 83.0% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 96.5% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 53.9% | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1490 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1479 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1462 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1308 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1495 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1481 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1532 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1513 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1470 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1490 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1511 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1496 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1491 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1490 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1487 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1488 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1470 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1457 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1298 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1384 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1319 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1293 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1296 | Only Muse Spark 1.3 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Llama Guard 4 12B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Llama Guard 4 12B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Llama Guard 4 12B costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | Meta Llama Guard 4 12B | Meta Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta Llama | Meta |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | April 30, 2025 | September 2, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.18 | $1.25 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.18 | $4.25 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | 57.4 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is Llama Guard 4 12B better than Muse Spark 1.3 for coding?
Only Muse Spark 1.3 has a coding score, 57.4 on the Vibe Coding Index; Llama Guard 4 12B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Llama Guard 4 12B for output tokens 23.6x cheaper ($0.18 vs $4.25 per million).
Which is cheaper, Llama Guard 4 12B or Muse Spark 1.3?
Llama Guard 4 12B costs $0.18 per million input tokens and $0.18 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.3 costs $1.25 and $4.25. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, Llama Guard 4 12B or Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
Has any benchmark tested both Llama Guard 4 12B and Muse Spark 1.3?
No benchmark has tested both yet. Llama Guard 4 12B has none yet; Muse Spark 1.3 on LiveBench coding, LMArena WebDev and AA Coding Index. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.