Cohere · Vision · 2.48B parameters · apache-2.0
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Needs 3 GB at FP8 / INT8. The smallest real configuration today is 1× Quadro P2000 at Vast.ai, $0.03 per hour, about $22 a month at 730 hours.
Parameters2.48Bdense
Context488k tokensmaximum published
Checkpoint5 GBBF16, as published
Licenseapache-2.0check before commercial use
Released—documented date
Smallest configuration · FP8 / INT8
1× Quadro P20005 GB VRAM · 60% used
- Per hour
- $0.03
- Per month
- $22
- Cheapest at
Vast.ai
How much VRAM it needs
Weights plus runtime overhead, then the KV cache that grows with the context you serve.
| Precision | Weights | Weights + headroom | 4k context | 32k context | 128k context | 256k context | 488k context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BF16published checkpoint | 5 GB | 6 GB | 7 GB | 8 GB | 11 GB | 14 GB | 21 GB |
| FP8 / INT8estimated | 2 GB | 3 GB | 4 GB | 5 GB | 8 GB | 11 GB | 18 GB |
| INT4 / MXFP4estimated | 1 GB | 2 GB | 3 GB | 4 GB | 6 GB | 10 GB | 17 GB |
| KV cacheone sequence, FP16 cache, included above | — | — | 1 GB | 2 GB | 5 GB | 8 GB | 15 GB |
Cross-checked on Hugging Face Oct 28, 2026: 2.48B parameters in the safetensors headers, 5.0 GB of weight files, attention layout from config.json (28 layers, 8 KV heads × 128, 21 sliding-window layers). Method: weights as published at the native precision, verified on Hugging Face 2026-10-28; other precisions estimated at 1 (8-bit) and 0.6 (4-bit) bytes per parameter; × 1.2 runtime headroom; KV cache = 4096 bytes per token per layer × 7 full-attention layers + 21 sliding-window layers capped at 4096 tokens (FP16 cache, one sequence).config.json ↗
What it costs to run, GPU by GPU
The fewest GPUs of one type whose total memory fits the model at short context, priced from the cheapest eligible on-demand offer for exactly that count (45-day window, newest reading per provider), with the next providers beside it. Monthly = 730 hours.
| GPU | Smallest config | VRAM used | $ / hour | $ / month | Cheapest at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quadro P2000Best fit | 1× 5 GB5 GB total | 60% | $0.03 | $22 | |
| RTX 3060 | 1× 12 GB12 GB total | 25% | $0.04 | $26 | |
| RTX A2000 | 1× 12 GB12 GB total | 25% | $0.04 | $26 | |
| GTX 1660 Ti | 1× 6 GB6 GB total | 50% | $0.04 | $26 | |
| Tesla P4 | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.04 | $29 | |
| T4 | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 19% | $0.04 | $29 | |
| GTX 1060 | 1× 6 GB6 GB total | 50% | $0.04 | $30 | |
| GTX 1660 | 1× 6 GB6 GB total | 50% | $0.04 | $30 | |
| Tesla P40 | 1× 24 GB24 GB total | 12% | $0.04 | $30 | |
| GTX Titan X | 1× 12 GB12 GB total | 25% | $0.04 | $31 | |
| Titan Xp | 1× 12 GB12 GB total | 25% | $0.04 | $31 | |
| GTX 1080 | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.04 | $32 | |
| Tesla P100 | 1× 16 GB16 GB total | 19% | $0.04 | $33 | |
| RTX 2060 | 1× 6 GB6 GB total | 50% | $0.04 | $33 | |
| GTX 1650 | 1× 4 GB4 GB total | 75% | $0.05 | $35 | |
| GTX 1070 | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.05 | $36 | |
| GTX 1660 Super | 1× 6 GB6 GB total | 50% | $0.05 | $38 | |
| Quadro P4000 | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.06 | $40 | |
| RTX 2070 | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.06 | $41 | |
| RTX 3060 Ti | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.06 | $41 | |
| RTX 2060 Super | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.06 | $41 | |
| GTX 1070 Ti | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.06 | $44 | |
| RTX 2070 Super | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.06 | $44 | |
| RTX 3070 | 1× 8 GB8 GB total | 37% | $0.06 | $44 | |
| The 24 cheapest of 108 GPU types that fit. Every GPU, any precision and context, in the finder | |||||
Tokens per second, and what a million costs
Vision. Speed estimated from memory bandwidth and model size, never measured. The cost per 1M output tokens is an estimate at the prices read on Oct 4, 2026; it is not recomputed here.
| GPU | Cards | Precision | tok/s per user | per 1M output tokens · estimate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 4090 | 1 | FP8 | 183 | $0.017 |
| RTX 5090 | 1 | FP8 | 263 | $0.025 |
| L40S | 1 | FP8 | 164 | $0.033 |
| MI300X | 1 | FP8 | 341 | $0.036 |
| RTX PRO 6000 | 1 | FP8 | 260 | $0.042 |
| H100 PCIe | 1 | FP8 | 269 | $0.043 |
| H100 SXM | 1 | FP8 | 344 | $0.043 |
| H200 | 1 | FP8 | 387 | $0.051 |
| B200 | 1 | FP8 | 481 | $0.056 |
| A100 80GB | 1 | BF16 | 184 | $0.064 |
cards, precision and speed estimated from memory bandwidth and model size; cost recomputed by the site from verified prices · cheapest per output at the prices of Oct 4, 2026: RTX 4090Why estimates, and their limits →
