Meta open-sources 816B-parameter model Muse Spark Open, adapted for Apple MLX to run on Mac
Meta has open-sourced the 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open on Hugging Face, sharing the same base model as Muse Spark 1.3 with added safety post-training. The model has 256 expert networks per layer, routing each token to 8 of them, so deployment requires 816B-parameter-level VRAM but runs at the speed of a 42B model; the 4-bit NVFP4 version requires at least 700GB of GPU VRAM, and Apple has adapted it for its MLX framework, with two M5 Ultra Mac Studios each providing up to 512GB of unified memory and 1.2TB/s bandwidth to carry it. It tops the MCP-Atlas tool-calling test at 89.2, and the license allows free commercial use but requires attribution as Built with Muse Spark Open; API model sellers with over $20 million in revenue over 12 months must sign a separate agreement with Meta.
Meta has open-sourced the 816B-parameter Muse Spark Open on Hugging Face, sharing the same base model as Muse Spark 1.3 with added safety post-training. The model has 256 expert networks per layer, routing each token to 8 of them, so deployment requires 816B-parameter-level VRAM but runs at the speed of a 42B model; the 4-bit NVFP4 version requires at least 700GB of GPU VRAM, and Apple has adapted it for its MLX framework, with two M5 Ultra Mac Studios each providing up to 512GB of unified memor
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