SAVRN Model Hub · Comparisons
chronos-2 vs MOMENT-1-base
Chronos-2 has 119M parameters and MOMENT-1-base has 113M parameters; chronos-2 is released under Apache License 2.0 and MOMENT-1-base under MIT License; at 16-bit, chronos-2 needs about 0.3 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and MOMENT-1-base about 0.3 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | chronos-2 amazon/chronos-2 | MOMENT-1-base AutonLab/MOMENT-1-base |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | Amazon | Auton Lab |
| Task | Time series forecasting | Time series forecasting |
| Modality | Time series | Time series |
| Parameters, as reported | 119M parameters | 113M parameters |
| Architecture | Chronos2Model | Not stated |
| Library | chronos-forecasting | transformers |
| Context length | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository size | 477.9 MB | 907.9 MB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors | safetensors, pytorch |
| License | apache-2.0 | 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 | 29ec3766d36d | 5e44b0ea2637 |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 22.5M | 44.6k |
| Last observed | 2026-09-21 | 2026-09-18 |
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SAVRN's Notes on chronos-2
Power draw, inlet temperature, water meter reads: a facility produces time series all day, and this Amazon model forecasts them. It reads related series and covariates together and returns multi-step quantile forecasts without training on your data first. At 119M parameters it needs 0.3 GB of memory at 16-bit, and the cheapest place we price it, a single 192 GB MI300X at $1.85 per hour on-demand, is far more card than it needs, so share the card.
Apache 2.0 covers commercial use, modification and redistribution, with the duty to keep notices and state significant changes, and it carries an express patent grant from contributors. The page lists no context length, so confirm how many past points it reads per series before sizing the pipeline. Training data is autogluon/chronos_datasets and Salesforce/GiftEvalPretrain, and the Chronos-2 paper, arXiv:2510.15821, is the design reference; read it first.
Questions
Which is larger, chronos-2 or MOMENT-1-base?
chronos-2 (119M parameters) is larger than MOMENT-1-base (113M parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, chronos-2 or MOMENT-1-base?
At 4-bit, chronos-2 fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and MOMENT-1-base 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 MOMENT-1-base commercially?
Yes. MOMENT-1-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.