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Run deepseek-vl2-tiny on Lium

DeepSeek · Vision and text · 3.4B parameters · 6.7 GB BF16 weights · released 2024-12-13
It needs about 9 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX 3060 (12 GB), from $0.09 per hour, billed per second.

Other GPUs that run it

T416 GBfrom $0.22 / hourRent
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell24 GBfrom $0.27 / hourRent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny:
vllm serve deepseek-ai/deepseek-vl2-tiny
Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does deepseek-vl2-tiny need?

About 6.7 GB for the released BF16 weights, so plan on 9 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-vl2-tiny?

RTX 3060 (12 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.09 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.
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