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bert-base-arabertv02 vs roberta-base
Bert-base-arabertv02 has 136M parameters and roberta-base has 125M parameters; at 16-bit, bert-base-arabertv02 needs about 0.3 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and roberta-base about 0.3 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | bert-base-arabertv02 aubmindlab/bert-base-arabertv02 | roberta-base FacebookAI/roberta-base |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | AUB MIND LAB | Facebook AI community |
| Task | Fill mask | Fill mask |
| Modality | Text | Text |
| Parameters, as reported | 136M parameters | 125M parameters |
| Architecture | BertForMaskedLM | RobertaForMaskedLM |
| Library | transformers | transformers |
| Context length | 512 tokens | 514 tokens |
| Repository size | 3.0 GB | 2.8 GB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors, pytorch, tensorboard, jax, tf | safetensors, pytorch, jax, rust, tf |
| License | Not stated | mit |
| Access | Open weights, no gate | Open weights, no gate |
| Memory at 16-bit (weights and margin) | 0.3 GB | 0.3 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 16-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Memory at 4-bit (weights and margin) | 0.1 GB | 0.1 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 4-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Revision viewed | 016fb9d6768f | e2da8e2f811d |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 567.2k | 8M |
| Last observed | 2026-09-18 | 2026-09-18 |
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Questions
Which is larger, bert-base-arabertv02 or roberta-base?
bert-base-arabertv02 (136M parameters) is larger than roberta-base (125M parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, bert-base-arabertv02 or roberta-base?
At 4-bit, bert-base-arabertv02 fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and roberta-base on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.
Can I use roberta-base commercially?
Yes. roberta-base 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.