Gemma 4 31B vs Muse Glimmer 30B
Two open-weight models around 30B parameters meant for consumer GPUs and workstations. Both list prices from the makers’ own pages, and what three everyday jobs cost on each.
US dollars, standard rate, shortest context band. Price only: this page does not rank quality.
- Gemma 4 31B, per M tokens
- No list price
- Muse Glimmer 30B, per M tokens
- No list price
3,000 tokens in and 400 out each, at list price.
Neither Gemma 4 31B nor Muse Glimmer 30B has a list price: their makers publish the weights but sell no API for either, so the cost depends on the host that runs them. Gemma 4 31B reads up to 256K tokens at once, Muse Glimmer 30B up to 128K.
Side by side
Each maker’s published rate for its standard tier. Cached input is what a repeated prompt prefix costs once the provider has stored it.
| Fact | Gemma 4 31B | Muse Glimmer 30B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | Meta | |
| Tier | Small and fast | Small and fast |
| Input, per M tokens | Not published | Not published |
| Output, per M tokens | Not published | Not published |
| Cached input | Not published | Not published |
| Context window | 256K | 128K |
| Released | 2 Apr 2026 | 12 Aug 2026 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
The small print
What each base rate leaves out, from the makers’ own pages: surcharges, discounts, promotions and cache pricing.
- Gemma 4 31B
- No first-party paid price: the Gemini API pricing page lists Gemma 4 on the free tier only, with the paid tier 'Not available'. Open weights; cost depends on the third-party host. Context from https://ai.google.dev/gemma/docs/core/model_card_4 (256K tokens). Google’s pricing page
- Muse Glimmer 30B
- No first-party price: open-weight model (Apache 2.0) that Meta does not serve on Meta Model API (self-hosted only, per https://dev.meta.ai/docs/models). Cost depends on the third-party host. Context is '128K tokens by default; longer contexts supported' (https://dev.meta.ai/docs/muse-glimmer). Release date is the developer.meta.com launch post date.
Other comparisons
Every head to head on the list that involves Gemma 4 31B or Muse Glimmer 30B.
Pay a quarter of list price
AIGROW API credit is metered at the makers’ list prices, and $25 buys $100 of usage. The credit page lists the models it covers; ask about any other before buying.
Prices checked 22 September 2026