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Run ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Paddle on Lium

Baidu · Text generation · 21.9B parameters · 43.9 GB 8-bit weights · released 2025-06-28
It needs about 53 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is 4x RTX 5060 Ti (64 GB), from $0.60 per hour, billed per second.

Other GPUs that run it

2x RTX A600096 GBfrom $0.84 / hourRent
H100 80GB HBM380 GBfrom $2.50 / hourRent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve baidu/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Paddle:
vllm serve baidu/ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Paddle --tensor-parallel-size 4
Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Paddle need?

About 43.9 GB for the released 8-bit weights, so plan on 53 GB with room for activations and KV cache at a short context. Longer contexts and bigger batches need more.

What GPU should I rent to run ERNIE-4.5-21B-A3B-Paddle?

4x RTX 5060 Ti (64 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.60 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
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