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Run deepseek-coder-1.3b-instruct on Lium

DeepSeek · Text generation · 1.3B parameters · 2.7 GB BF16 weights · released 2023-10-29
It needs about 4 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB), from $0.17 per hour, billed per second.

Other GPUs that run it

CMP 170HX8 GBfrom $0.30 / hourRent
RTX A600048 GBfrom $0.42 / hourRent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-1.3b-instruct:
vllm serve deepseek-ai/deepseek-coder-1.3b-instruct
Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does deepseek-coder-1.3b-instruct need?

About 2.7 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 4 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 deepseek-coder-1.3b-instruct?

RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.17 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
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