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MusicGen

Meta's 2023 open-weights text-to-music model from AudioCraft for short instrumental clips, in 300M to 3.3B sizes.

  • Meta
  • Open weights
  • Released Jun 2023

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Where it ranks

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    Music generation
    Models · Local · 868 on Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1) (secondary benchmark)

Facts

Vendor
Meta
Family
MusicGen
Released
Jun 2023
Weights
Open: download and run it yourself
License
CC-BY-NC-4.0 (weights)
Parameters
3.3B
Access
Free (open weights)
Last verified
18 Oct 2026

Price from huggingface.co, 18 Oct 2026.

Benchmark results

BenchmarkResultEntry on the leaderboardAs ofSource
Artificial Analysis Music Arena: Instrumental (AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1)868MusicGen
AA-Music-Instrumental v1.1; 95% CI +/-23; 2,130 samples; size not stated on the board
18 Oct 2026artificialanalysis.ai
Music Arena Leaderboard: Instrumental838MusicGen Medium
Votes through 2026-07-31; 95% CI +/-31; 569 votes (MusicGen Small: 794)
31 Jul 2026music-arena.org

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