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Run it locally
What it takes to run a new open model on your own hardware. The file sizes, the machines that hold them, the speeds testers have published and what it costs against the API.
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Can you run Muse Spark Open locally? Hardware, RAM and cost
Vlad Cealicu on Meta's local pitch for Muse Spark Open (816B, 42B active), and how to run it locally. How much RAM and VRAM each version needs, whether it runs on a Mac Studio, a Minisforum MS-S1 Max, RTX 5090s, a DGX Spark or a CPU server, how many of each you'd need, what they cost and how fast they'd be, and when an API is cheaper.