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Kronos-mini vs Kronos-Tokenizer-base
Kronos-mini has 4M parameters and Kronos-Tokenizer-base has 4M parameters; both are released under MIT License; at 16-bit, Kronos-mini needs about 0 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour) and Kronos-Tokenizer-base about 0 GB (1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour).
| Field | Kronos-mini NeoQuasar/Kronos-mini | Kronos-Tokenizer-base NeoQuasar/Kronos-Tokenizer-base |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | ShiYu | ShiYu |
| Task | Time series forecasting | Time series forecasting |
| Modality | Time series | Time series |
| Parameters, as reported | 4M parameters | 4M parameters |
| Architecture | Not stated | Not stated |
| Library | Not stated | pytorch |
| Context length | Not stated | Not stated |
| Repository size | 16.5 MB | 15.9 MB |
| Artifact formats | safetensors | safetensors, pytorch |
| License | mit | mit |
| Access | Open weights, no gate | Open weights, no gate |
| Memory at 16-bit (weights and margin) | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 16-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Memory at 4-bit (weights and margin) | 0 GB | 0 GB |
| Cheapest GPUs at 4-bit, per hour | 1x MI300X, $1.85 | 1x MI300X, $1.85 |
| Revision viewed | f4e68697d9d5 | 0e0117387f39 |
| Downloads reported by the hub | 415k | 2.3M |
| Last observed | 2026-09-18 | 2026-10-16 |
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SAVRN's Notes on Kronos-mini
Sixteen megabytes on disk, four files, 4M parameters: that is the entire footprint. Kronos-mini belongs to the Kronos family of decoder-only models pretrained on financial candlestick sequences from more than 45 exchanges, with a tokenizer that turns OHLCV data into discrete tokens. The memory table rounds to 0.0 GB at every precision, and the $1.85 per hour MI300X with 192 GB that heads the price list is a floor, not a requirement. Anything already in the rack will carry this.
MIT permits commercial use, modification and redistribution with the notices kept, so building on it needs no license negotiation. The gaps in the record are what to check: no library or architecture is listed, no context length is recorded and no evaluation results are reported, so the paper at arXiv:2508.02739 is where the method is described. Weights ship as safetensors only, last updated September 9, 2025.
SAVRN's Notes on Kronos-Tokenizer-base
The memory line reads 0.0 GB at 16-bit, 8-bit and 4-bit, and that is no error. This is the tokenizer stage of Kronos, a decoder-only family built for financial candlesticks: it quantizes OHLCV K-line data into hierarchical discrete tokens for the autoregressive Transformer in stage two. At 4M parameters and 15.85 MB it will not decide your hardware. The cheapest option we list, a single MI300X with 192 GB at $1.85 an hour on-demand, is sized for the second stage, not this piece.
MIT is as light as licenses get: commercial use, modification and redistribution are permitted as long as the copyright and permission notices travel with the files. The check is scope. This page carries no context length and no configuration block, so get the second-stage model and its limits before planning a deployment. Training data came from over 45 global exchanges; confirm yours are covered.
Questions
Which is larger, Kronos-mini or Kronos-Tokenizer-base?
Kronos-mini (4M parameters) is larger than Kronos-Tokenizer-base (4M parameters), by the parameter counts their publishers report.
Which is cheaper to run, Kronos-mini or Kronos-Tokenizer-base?
At 4-bit, Kronos-mini fits on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour and Kronos-Tokenizer-base on 1x MI300X from $1.85 an hour, at the lowest on-demand prices the SAVRN Index lists.
Can I use Kronos-mini commercially?
Yes. Kronos-mini 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.
Can I use Kronos-Tokenizer-base commercially?
Yes. Kronos-Tokenizer-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.