The real cost to run starcoder2 7b

bigcode · 7.2B parameters · 16.4K context · commercial OK

starcoder2 7b — 7.2B params (bigcode). Auto-indexed from the Hugging Face Hub (14,052 downloads). Parameter count is exact; download size and quantizations are estimates.

What it costs to run starcoder2 7b — $0 markup

On your own machine — $0. Runs free locally if you have about 7 GB of VRAM at Q4_K_M (point Spanvero at LM Studio, Ollama, or llama.cpp).
On your own rented GPU — from $0.26/hr. NVIDIA RTX 3090 24GB at the direct Vast.ai price (≈ $0.08 a session), $0 markup.
Via your own API key — $0.16/1M tokens (blended input + output). No GPU to manage (rough estimate for this size).

Key facts

Parameters	7.2B
Context window	16.4K tokens
Recommended quant	Q4_K_M
VRAM to run	~7 GB (at Q4_K_M, 16.4K context)
Download size	~4 GB
License	Commercial use OK

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