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Rewrite · 5 checks · max 400 tokens · benched 2026-09-16

Muse Spark 1.3 vs Muse Glimmer 30B vs Llama 4 Maverick vs Llama 4 Scout on rewrite a stiff notice in a friendly tone

Meta models side by side on "Rewrite a stiff notice in a friendly tone": Llama 4 Maverick scores 10/10; Llama 4 Scout is the cheapest answer scoring 8+ at $0.03 per 1,000 runs. Outputs, checks, judge reasons, latency and cost.

The prompt every model received

User

Rewrite the notice below in a warm, friendly, plain-English tone for a company-wide chat message. Keep every fact, including the date and time, in at most 80 words. Do not use the words "hereby" or "pursuant". Output only the rewritten message.

Notice: Staff are hereby informed that, pursuant to the scheduled electrical maintenance, the third-floor kitchen will be unavailable on Friday 3 October between 08:00 and 11:00. Alternative facilities are available on the second floor. Your cooperation is appreciated.

Rubric for the judge: Genuinely friendly tone, all facts kept (date, times, floor, alternative kitchen), under 80 words, no banned words.

Side by side

Every cell is one OpenRouter call at temperature 0 with the prompt's token cap and reasoning effort "low" where the model supports it. Cost is usage × the catalogue rate in models.json. Quality is one judge call to anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5 against the prompt's rubric, cached per prompt version.

Muse Spark 1.3

meta/muse-spark-1.3

unjudged
failed: OpenRouter HTTP 403: This model requires you to complete the following before use: 18+ age confirmation. Confirm at https://openrouter.ai/settings/preferences.
Latency
0ms
Cost
$0
Per 1,000
$0

0 in · 0 out · 0 words · checks 0/5

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(empty output)

Judge:

Muse Glimmer 30B

meta/muse-glimmer-30b

10/10
Latency
249ms
Cost
$0.00024
Per 1,000
$0.24

168 in · 185 out (137 reasoning) · 42 words · checks 5/5

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Hi team, just a quick heads-up: the third-floor kitchen will be closed for scheduled electrical maintenance on Friday 3 October from 08:00 to 11:00. You can use the kitchen on the second floor instead. Thanks so much for your understanding and cooperation!

Judge: Perfectly rewrites the notice in warm, friendly plain English, includes all facts (date, time, floors, reason), stays well under 80 words (47 words), and avoids both banned words.

Llama 4 Maverick

meta-llama/llama-4-maverick

10/10
top judge score
Latency
380ms
Cost
$5.9e-5
Per 1,000
$0.06

122 in · 49 out · 35 words · checks 4/5

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Hey team, just a heads up that the third-floor kitchen will be closed on Friday 3 October from 8am to 11am for electrical maintenance. You can use the second-floor facilities instead. Thanks for your understanding!

Judge: Warm and friendly tone achieved, all facts preserved (date, time, floors, reason), 32 words well under 80-word limit, banned words avoided, and formatted as requested.

Llama 4 Scout

meta-llama/llama-4-scout

9/10
cheapest scoring 8+
Latency
2.0s
Cost
$2.8e-5
Per 1,000
$0.03

122 in · 52 out · 35 words · checks 5/5

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Reminder: The third-floor kitchen will be closed on Friday, 3 October from 8:00-11:00 for scheduled electrical maintenance. Don't worry, you can use the kitchen on the second floor instead. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

Judge: Warm, friendly tone achieved; all facts preserved (date, times, floors, reason); 44 words (well under 80); banned words avoided; only minor: 'Don't worry' adds slight informality beyond the original intent but enhances friendliness appropriately.

Frequently asked

What does this prompt test?

Rewrite: Genuinely friendly tone, all facts kept (date, times, floor, alternative kitchen), under 80 words, no banned words. The deterministic checks are max_words, contains, contains, not_contains, not_contains.

Which model should I pick for this task?

If the judge's bar of 8/10 is good enough for you, Llama 4 Scout at $0.03 per 1,000 runs. If you need the top score, Llama 4 Maverick at $0.06 per 1,000 runs.

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