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Run FLUX.2-dev on Lium

Black Forest Labs · Image editing · 32.2B parameters · 112.8 GB BF16 weights · released 2025-11-22
It needs about 136 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is 4x L40 (192 GB), from $1.32 per hour, billed per second.

Other GPUs that run it

4x RTX A6000192 GBfrom $1.68 / hourRent
8x RTX 5090256 GBfrom $4.00 / hourRent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev:
vllm serve black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev --tensor-parallel-size 4
Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does FLUX.2-dev need?

About 112.8 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 136 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.2-dev?

4x L40 (192 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $1.32 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
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