Sakana: Fugu Max vs Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor
Side-by-side comparison of specs, pricing, benchmark scores, and task rankings. Updated 2026-10-13.
| Sakana: Fugu Max | Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor | |
|---|---|---|
| Vendor | sakana | meta |
| Quality Score | 100 | 100 |
| Input Price | $2.00/M | $0.10/M |
| Output Price | $6.00/M | $0.20/M |
| Context Window | 1,000,000 | 1,048,576 |
| Max Output | 128,000 | 943,718 |
| Tool Calling | ✓ | ✓ |
| Structured Output | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reasoning Mode | ✓ | ✓ |
| Vision | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audio | - | - |
The verdict
For a sample job of 1 million input tokens and 250,000 output tokens, Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor costs $0.15 and Fugu Max costs $3.50, so Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor is about 23.3 times cheaper for the same work.
Both take in a similar amount of text: 1,000,000 and 1,048,576 tokens, about 1,500 and 1,573 pages.
Only Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor offers video input.
Across the 10 tasks where they differ, Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor on 10 (SQL Generation, Code Completion, Code Documentation and others).
Pick Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor if you need lower cost, video input or the stronger all-round task scores.
Costs use current list prices per million tokens; page counts assume about 0.75 words per token and 500 words per page.
Who wins by task?
| Task | Sakana: Fugu Max | Meta: Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor |
|---|---|---|
| SQL Generation | 133 | 134 |
| Code Completion | 118 | 131 |
| Code Documentation | 130 | 131 |
| Regex Writing | 118 | 119 |
| CSV / Spreadsheet Cleanup | 133 | 134 |
| JSON Extraction | 122 | 131 |
| Bulk Data Labeling | 119 | 129 |
| Long-Document Summarization | 137 | 138 |
| Short-Form Summarization | 114 | 123 |
| Blog Post Writing | 121 | 122 |
Scores reflect capability match + benchmark data + pricing for each task. Methodology →