# OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M by OpenMed
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## Runs On

What it takes to serve OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M (150M parameters): the memory its weights need at each precision, and the cheapest way to rent enough data-center GPUs to hold them.

| Precision | Weights | Memory needed | Cheapest setup | Per hour | Also fits |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 16-bit | 0.3 GB | 0.4 GB | 1x [MI300X](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/mi300x) (192 GB) Vultr | $1.85 | [1x H100](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/h100) $1.99 · [1x MI325X](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/mi325x) $2.00 |
| 8-bit | 0.1 GB | 0.2 GB | 1x [MI300X](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/mi300x) (192 GB) Vultr | $1.85 | [1x H100](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/h100) $1.99 · [1x MI325X](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/mi325x) $2.00 |
| 4-bit | 0.1 GB | 0.1 GB | 1x [MI300X](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/mi300x) (192 GB) Vultr | $1.85 | [1x H100](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/h100) $1.99 · [1x MI325X](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus/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](https://savrn.com/ai-index/pricing/gpus), read Oct 24, 2026.

[OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M on every accelerator the SAVRN Index prices, at every precision](https://savrn.com/models/openmed-ner-speciesdetect-modernmed-149m/gpus)

## Model Card

By OpenMed, published under apache-2.0, revision 326a76ee5259.

Specialized model for Species Entity Recognition - Species and organism names

### Model Overview

This model is a state-of-the-art fine-tuned transformer engineered to deliver enterprise-grade accuracy for species entity recognition - species and organism names. This specialized model excels at identifying and extracting biomedical entities from clinical texts, research papers, and healthcare documents, enabling applications such as drug interaction detection, medication extraction from patient records, adverse event monitoring, literature mining for drug discovery, and biomedical knowledge graph construction with production-ready reliability for clinical and research applications.

#### Key Features

- High Precision: Optimized for biomedical entity recognition
- Domain-Specific: Trained on curated LINNAEUS dataset
- Production-Ready: Validated on clinical benchmarks
- Easy Integration: Compatible with Hugging Face Transformers ecosystem

#### Supported Entity Types

This model can identify and classify the following biomedical entities:

- B-SPECIES
- I-SPECIES

### Dataset

Linnaeus corpus is designed for species name identification and taxonomic entity recognition in biomedical literature.

[Read the full model card (1,080 words)](https://savrn.com/models/openmed-ner-speciesdetect-modernmed-149m/card)

## Configuration

Architecture

ModernBertForTokenClassification

Context length (tokens)

8,192

Layers

22

Hidden size

768

Feed-forward size

1,152

Attention heads

12

Vocabulary size

50,368

Stored precision

bfloat16

Model type

modernbert

## Identity and Version

Repository

OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M

Publisher

OpenMed

Task

Token classification

Modality

Text

Library

transformers

Parameters

150M parameters

Languages

en

Revision

326a76ee5259ac4e800b3875e29f601de6d599f2

First published

2025-07-16

Last updated

2025-08-05

## Files and Weights

9 files, 303.3 MB in total. The weights are 1 file totalling 299.2 MB in safetensors.

Weights1 file · 299.2 MB

Configuration3 files · 2.3 KB

Tokenizer2 files · 3.6 MB

Documentation1 file · 11.6 KB

Other1 file · 497.0 KB

Repository1 file · 1.6 KB

Every file

| File | Type | Size | SHA-256 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| model.safetensors | Weights | 299.2 MB | 76a68c8c4c9b |
| config.json | Configuration | 1.4 KB | — |
| special_tokens_map.json | Configuration | 694 B | — |
| test_results.json | Configuration | 196 B | — |
| README.md | Documentation | 11.6 KB | — |
| openmed_vs_sota_grouped_bars.png | Other | 497.0 KB | 626b37d9b20c |
| .gitattributes | Repository | 1.6 KB | — |
| tokenizer.json | Tokenizer | 3.6 MB | — |
| tokenizer_config.json | Tokenizer | 20.8 KB | — |

## License and Download

License

apache-2.0

Access

Open weights, no gate

Download size

299.2 MB

[Download from OpenMed](https://huggingface.co/OpenMed/OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M)

Released by OpenMed through its official repository on Hugging Face. [Read the license](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Built From

- Described by [arXiv:2508.01630](https://savrn.com/papers/openmed-ner-open-source-domain-adapted-state-of-the-art-transformers-for-biomedical-ner-ac)

## Memory Requirements

| Precision | Weights in memory |
| --- | --- |
| As published | 299.2 MB |
| 16-bit | 0.3 GB |
| 8-bit | 0.1 GB |
| 4-bit | 0.1 GB |

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

## Questions About OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M

### How much GPU memory does OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M need?

About 0.4 GB at 16-bit and 0.1 GB at 4-bit: the weights (150M parameters) plus a working margin. A long context needs more.

### What is the cheapest GPU to run OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M 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 OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M commercially?

Yes. OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M 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.

### What is OpenMed-NER-SpeciesDetect-ModernMed-149M's context length?

8,192 tokens, from the maximum position embeddings in its published configuration.

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- [326a76ee5259](https://savrn.com/models/openmed-ner-speciesdetect-modernmed-149m/versions/326a76ee5259) · current 2026-09-18

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