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chronos-2 vs TimeMoE-50M
Chronos-2 has 119M parameters and TimeMoE-50M has 113M parameters; both are released under Apache License 2.0; at 16-bit, chronos-2 needs about 0.3 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and TimeMoE-50M about 0.3 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | chronos-2 autogluon/chronos-2 | TimeMoE-50M Maple728/TimeMoE-50M |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Autogluon | Xiaoming Shi |
| Task | Time series forecasting | Time series forecasting |
| Modality | Time series | Time series |
| Parameters, as reported | 119M parameters | 113M parameters |
| Architecture | Chronos2Model | TimeMoeForPrediction |
| Library | chronos-forecasting | Not stated |
| Context length | Not stated | 4,096 tokens |
| Repository size | 477.9 MB | 226.8 MB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors | safetensors |
| License | apache-2.0 | apache-2.0 |
| 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 | 60088152a34e | 446753ee48ff |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 8.7M | 57.1k |
| Last observed | 2026-09-21 | 2026-09-18 |
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SAVRN's Notes on chronos-2
Forecasting is the job here, not text. Chronos-2 takes one series or several related ones with covariates and returns multi-step quantile forecasts without training on your data first. At 119 million parameters it needs 0.3 GB at 16-bit, 0.2 GB of it weights, so the cheapest setup in our figures, a 192 GB MI300X at $1.85 per hour, answers the wrong question. It rides beside whatever else is on the accelerator; 8-bit or 4-bit saves two tenths of a gigabyte.
Apache 2.0 covers commercial use, modification and redistribution, with the license and NOTICE file kept and significant changes stated. Check lineage: it was trained on autogluon/chronos_datasets and Salesforce/GiftEvalPretrain, so keep your evaluation series out of both. No context length is listed and the Index carries no host price, so the running cost is your accelerator time; arXiv:2403.07815 and arXiv:2510.15821 set out the design.
Questions
Which is larger, chronos-2 or TimeMoE-50M?
chronos-2 (119M parameters) is larger than TimeMoE-50M (113M parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, chronos-2 or TimeMoE-50M?
At 4-bit, chronos-2 fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and TimeMoE-50M on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.
Can I use chronos-2 commercially?
Yes. chronos-2 is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.
Can I use TimeMoE-50M commercially?
Yes. TimeMoE-50M is released under Apache License 2.0. The Apache License 2.0 is a permissive open-source license. It permits commercial use, modification and redistribution. It requires keeping the license and copyright notices and any NOTICE file, stating significant changes, and it includes an express patent grant from contributors.