Meta releases Muse Glimmer, a new open-weight model, and will release an open-weight version of its most advanced model, Muse Spark 1.2, in the coming weeks (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)
Mark Zuckerberg has a new game plan for winning over hearts and minds to his company's artificial-intelligence efforts: open models and an open hand.
Geekbench listings for Nvidia's upcoming RTX Spark laptop superchip indicate the existence of a second, reduced SKU with 18 CPU cores. Both SKUs perform similarly, with the 20-core SKU scoring higher in multi-core tests, while the 18-core SKU remains within 1% of the 20-core part in single-core tests.
When compared to other Windows-running SoCs, these multi-core scores place both RTX Spark SKUs among the top performers. However, the 20-core model still trails behind Apple's M3 Max and M4 Pro in multi-core performance. In single-core tests, the 20-core RTX Spark lags behind Apple's M4 Pro, and the 18-core variant falls short of even Apple's base M3.
Despite these single-core limitations, Nvidia's RTX Spark shows promise in multi-core performance. As the hardware matures and driver optimization improves, Nvidia is expected to challenge the top Windows machines in performance.
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