Run FLUX.1-Krea-dev on Lium

Black Forest Labs · Image generation · 11.9B parameters · 33.7 GB BF16 weights · released 2025-07-07

It needs about 41 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX A6000 (48 GB), from $0.40 per hour, billed per second.

Rent RTX A6000

Other GPUs that run it

2x RTX 3090	48 GB	from $0.44 / hour	Rent
H100 80GB HBM3	80 GB	from $1.85 / hour	Rent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Krea-dev:

vllm serve black-forest-labs/FLUX.1-Krea-dev

Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does FLUX.1-Krea-dev need?

About 33.7 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 41 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 FLUX.1-Krea-dev?

RTX A6000 (48 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.40 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.

All open models

For AI agents (CLI install, agent skill, headless signup): llms-full.txt