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Meta · Released Oct 15, 2026

Muse Spark Open

Muse Spark Open is an 816B total / 42B active open-weight multimodal reasoning model from Meta for coding and long-horizon agentic work, with 1M-token context.

  • Open weights
  • Reasoning
  • Tool calling
  • Vision
  • Audio input
  • Video input
Capability
155.1ECI · #39 of 165
Input
$1.25per 1M tokens
Output
$4.25per 1M tokens
Context
1.05M131K max output
Pricing

What it costs

Input
$1.25per million tokens
Output
$4.25per million tokens
Blended (3:1)
$2.00pricier than 72% of priced models

Typical monthly bills

Monthly usageEstimated cost
Side project2M input + 0.5M output tokens$4.63
Team assistant25M input + 5M output tokens$52.50
Production app250M input + 50M output tokens$525.00

Median of 16 paid API providers on models.dev.

Capability

Independent benchmarks

155.1Epoch Capabilities Index
#39 of 165 scored models
88Median 146169

The shaded band is Epoch AI’s confidence range (153.1–157.3); the tick marks the median scored model.

  • GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions · xhigh setting88.6%
  • FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics · xhigh setting69.8%
  • OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics · xhigh setting98.1%
  • SimpleQA VerifiedShort factual questions · xhigh setting56.6%

Scores from Epoch AI, run independently of Meta.

Specifications

The details

Lab
Meta
Released
Oct 15, 2026
Knowledge cutoff
Jan 4, 2026
Context window
1,048,576 tokens
Max output
131,072 tokens
Inputs
Text, Images, Audio, Video
Output
Text
Reasoning
Always on
Tool calling
Yes
Structured output
No
Availability
16 API providerslisted on models.dev
Lab-reported

What Meta claims

Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.

BenchmarkScoreSettingSource
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index39xhigh effortSource
JobBench61.8xhigh effortSource
MCP Atlas89.2xhigh effortSource
GDPval-AA v21401 Eloxhigh effortSource
OSWorld-Verified80.4xhigh effortSource
Toolathlon-Verified72.8xhigh effortSource
HLE-Diamond26.1xhigh effort, no toolsSource
AA-Omniscience25xhigh effortSource
SciCode58.5xhigh effortSource
Humanity's Last Exam61xhigh effort, with toolsSource
GPQA Diamond89xhigh effortSource
DeepSWE v1.160xhigh effortSource
Same lab

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Questions

About Muse Spark Open

How much does Muse Spark Open cost?

Muse Spark Open costs $1.25 input / $4.25 output per million tokens (median across 16 API providers). At a 3:1 input-to-output mix that is $2.00 per million tokens, more expensive than 72% of the 445 priced models we track.

What is the context window of Muse Spark Open?

Muse Spark Open accepts up to 1,048,576 tokens per request and can write up to 131,072 tokens in one response.

How good is Muse Spark Open?

Epoch AI gives Muse Spark Open a Capabilities Index score of 155.1 (likely range 153.1–157.3), ranking it #39 of 165 models Epoch has scored. Epoch AI benchmark results: GPQA Diamond 88.6%, FrontierMath Tiers 1–3 69.8%, OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 98.1%, SimpleQA Verified 56.6%.

Is Muse Spark Open open source?

Yes. Meta publishes the weights under the Muse Model License licence, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.

What inputs does Muse Spark Open support?

Muse Spark Open accepts text, images, audio and video and replies in text. It is a reasoning model, supports tool calling.

When was Muse Spark Open released?

Meta released Muse Spark Open on Oct 15, 2026. Its training data runs to Jan 4, 2026.

What are the best alternatives to Muse Spark Open?

The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are GLM-5.3 (Z.ai (Zhipu), ECI 156.2, $1.40 / $4.40), Grok 4.7 (xAI, ECI 154.6, $2.00 / $6.00), Gemini 3.6 Flash (Google, ECI 154.7, $0.75 / $3.75) and Qwen3.8 Max 0902 (Alibaba (Qwen), ECI 156.2, $2.00 / $6.00).