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Dots 3 Note Preview

Dots StudioOpen weights · Apache 2.0dots-3-note-preview

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Free right now

  • Free OpenRouter, served by AtlasCloud · until Dec 31 · 20 req/min, 50 req/day, 1,000 req/day with $10 of credits

Checked Oct 23 · every free model on Deals

Run it yourself

open weights, Apache 2.0 · fits 1 of the 6 workstations in our guideSelf-host guide ›
Parameters
280B
16B active per token (MoE)
Memory needed
168 GB
in INT4 · 336 GB in INT8
Smallest cloud setup
4× H100
320 GB · $8.60/h, about $6,278 a month
QuantizationMemorySmallest cloud GPUQuality
INT4 (Q4)168 GB4× H100 · $8.60/hsmallest footprint, minor quality loss
INT8 (Q8)336 GB8× H100 · $17.20/hnear-lossless
FP16 (full)672 GBmulti-node, over 640 GBreference quality

At home: in INT4 it fits a Mac Studio M5 Ultra (256 GB unified), about $9,499 once, or $0.3615/h over 3 years, electricity aside.

Memory ≈ parameters × bytes per parameter × 1.2 · cloud price: on-demand rate, running 24/7 · builds: GGUF, AWQ, MLX, GPTQ, Ollama · break-even calculator

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