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Run ERNIE-Image on Lium
Baidu · Image generation · 8B parameters · 31.6 GB BF16 weights · released 2026-04-07
It needs about 38 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is 2x RTX 3090 (48 GB), from $0.40 per hour, billed per second.
Other GPUs that run it
How to run it
Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve baidu/ERNIE-Image:
vllm serve baidu/ERNIE-Image --tensor-parallel-size 2Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.
Frequently asked questions
How much VRAM does ERNIE-Image need?
About 31.6 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 38 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-Image?
2x RTX 3090 (48 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.40 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
For AI agents (CLI install, agent skill, headless signup): llms-full.txt