Laguna S 2.1
PoolsideReleased Jul 21, 2026Open weights · OpenMDW-1.1laguna-s-2.1
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- Free OpenRouter, served by Poolside · until Oct 31 · 20 req/min, 50 req/day, 1,000 req/day with $10 of credits
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open weights, OpenMDW-1.1 · fits 4 of the 6 workstations in our guideSelf-host guide ›- Parameters
- 118B
- 8B active per token (MoE)
- Memory needed
- 71 GB
- in INT4 · 142 GB in INT8
- Smallest cloud setup
- A100
- 80 GB · $1.19/h, about $869 a month
| Quantization | Memory | Smallest cloud GPU | Quality |
|---|---|---|---|
| INT4 (Q4) | 71 GB | A100 · $1.19/h | smallest footprint, minor quality loss |
| INT8 (Q8) | 142 GB | 2× H100 · $4.30/h | near-lossless |
| FP16 (full) | 283 GB | 4× H100 · $8.60/h | reference quality |
At home: in INT4 it fits a Mac Studio M5 Ultra (96 GB unified), about $5,499 once, or $0.2092/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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