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CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K

by LAION eV laion/CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K

A CLIP ViT L/14 model trained with the LAION-2B English subset of LAION-5B (https://laion.ai/blog/laion-5b/) using OpenCLIP (https://github.com/mlfoundations/openclip). Model training ('babysitting') done by Ross Wightman on the JUWELS Booster supercomputer.

Parameters428M
Context77
Weights6.8 GB
Licensemit
AccessOpen weights
Monthly Downloads4M

Runs On

What it takes to serve CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K (428M parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

PrecisionWeightsMemory neededCheapest setupPer hourAlso fits
16-bit 0.9 GB 1.0 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
8-bit 0.4 GB 0.5 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00
4-bit 0.2 GB 0.3 GB 1x MI300X (192 GB)
Vultr
$1.85 1x H100 $1.99 · 1x MI325X $2.00

Memory is the weights at that precision plus 20% for the runtime and a short context; a long context needs more. Prices are the lowest on-demand hourly rates in the SAVRN Index, read Sep 18, 2026.

SAVRN's Notes on CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K

Hand it a photo and a few label phrases you just wrote, and it tells you which phrase fits, with no training run; that is zero-shot image classification. The text side stops at 77 tokens, so labels are phrases, not paragraphs. At 16-bit the 428M parameters weigh 0.9 GB and the run needs 1.0 GB, a rounding error on the 192 GB MI300X we price at $1.85 an hour, so it shares a card rather than owning one.

MIT permits commercial use, modification and redistribution with the notices kept, but weigh the publisher's framing too: LAION eV calls this a research output for research communities, trained on the LAION-2B English subset of LAION-5B with OpenCLIP. Before committing, run that data lineage through your governance review, check that English training text suits your labels, and decide whether a checkpoint released September 14, 2022 is current enough for your pipeline.

Model Card

By LAION eV, published under mit, revision 162703219714.

Model Card for CLIP ViT-L/14 - LAION-2B

Table of Contents

  1. Model Details
  2. Uses
  3. Training Details
  4. Evaluation
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Citation
  7. How To Get Started With the Model

Model Details

Model Description

A CLIP ViT L/14 model trained with the LAION-2B English subset of LAION-5B (https://laion.ai/blog/laion-5b/) using OpenCLIP (https://github.com/mlfoundations/open_clip).

Model training ('babysitting') done by Ross Wightman on the JUWELS Booster supercomputer. See acknowledgements below.

Uses

As per the original OpenAI CLIP model card, this model is intended as a research output for research communities. We hope that this model will enable researchers to better understand and explore zero-shot, arbitrary image classification. We also hope it can be used for interdisciplinary studies of the potential impact of such model.

The OpenAI CLIP paper includes a discussion of potential downstream impacts to provide an example for this sort of analysis. Additionally, the LAION-5B blog (https://laion.ai/blog/laion-5b/) and upcoming paper include additional discussion as it relates specifically to the training dataset.

Direct Use

Read the full model card (1,396 words)

Configuration

Architecture
CLIPModel
Context length (tokens)
77
Layers
12
Hidden size
768
Feed-forward size
3,072
Attention heads
12
Vocabulary size
49,408
Stored precision
float32
Model type
clip

Identity and Version

Repository
laion/CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K
Publisher
LAION eV
Task
Zero shot image classification
Modality
Other
Library
open_clip
Parameters
428M parameters
Languages
Not stated by the source
Revision
1627032197142fbe2a7cfec626f4ced3ae60d07a
First published
2022-09-14
Last updated
2024-01-16

Files and Weights

31 files, 6.8 GB in total. The weights are 4 files totalling 6.8 GB in bin, safetensors.

Weights4 files · 6.8 GB
Configuration4 files · 5.8 KB
Tokenizer4 files · 3.6 MB
Documentation1 file · 11.4 KB
Other17 files · 1.5 MB
Repository1 file · 1.5 KB
Every file
FileTypeSizeSHA-256
model.safetensorsWeights1.7 GB 0fce40ac6848
open_clip_pytorch_model.binWeights1.7 GB 5ddb47339f44
open_clip_pytorch_model.safetensorsWeights1.7 GB 7d129ed747e0
pytorch_model.binWeights1.7 GB 45a6d8e04e46
config.jsonConfiguration4.6 KB
open_clip_config.jsonConfiguration564 B
preprocessor_config.jsonConfiguration275 B
special_tokens_map.jsonConfiguration389 B
README.mdDocumentation11.4 KB
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.gitattributesRepository1.5 KB
merges.txtTokenizer524.6 KB
tokenizer.jsonTokenizer2.2 MB
tokenizer_config.jsonTokenizer904 B
vocab.jsonTokenizer862.3 KB

License and Download

License
mit
Access
Open weights, no gate
Download size
6.8 GB
Download from LAION eV

Released by LAION eV through its official repository on Hugging Face. Read the license.

Built From

Memory Requirements

PrecisionWeights in memory
As published6.8 GB
16-bit0.9 GB
8-bit0.4 GB
4-bit0.2 GB

Weights only, from the published parameter count; the key-value cache and runtime add to this.

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Questions About CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K

How much GPU memory does CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K need?

About 1 GB at 16-bit and 0.3 GB at 4-bit: the weights (428M parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

What is the cheapest GPU to run CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K on?

At 16-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour; at 4-bit, 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.

Can I use CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K commercially?

Yes. CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K is released under MIT License. The MIT License is a short permissive license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution, provided the copyright notice and permission notice are included.

What is CLIP-ViT-L-14-laion2B-s32B-b82K's context length?

77 tokens, from the maximum position embeddings in its published configuration.

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