Flint
RecursiveOpen weights · Apache 2.0flint-v1.0
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- Free OpenRouter, served by Recursive · no end date · 20 req/min, 50 req/day, 1,000 req/day with $10 of credits
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open weights, Apache 2.0 · fits 6 of the 6 workstations in our guideSelf-host guide ›- Parameters
- 39.8B
- 2.5B active per token (MoE)
- Memory needed
- 24 GB
- in INT4 · 48 GB in INT8
- Smallest cloud setup
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB · $0.17/h, about $124 a month
| Quantization | Memory | Smallest cloud GPU | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| INT4 (Q4) | 24 GB | RTX 3090 · $0.17/h | smallest footprint, minor quality loss |
| INT8 (Q8) | 48 GB | A100 · $1.19/h | near-lossless |
| FP16 (full) | 96 GB | 2× H100 · $4.30/h | reference quality |
At home: in INT4 it fits a RTX 5090 (32 GB) + host PC (plus a host PC), about $3,500 once, or $0.1332/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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