Sapienza NLP
Sapienza NLP
Multimodal model · Italy ·Jun 2026

ChatMinerva

Multimodal Open Weights
7.4B
Parameters

About ChatMinerva

ChatMinerva is an AI model developed by Sapienza NLP, in the multimodal category, released in 2026, made available as an open-weights model with 7.4B params. Italian multimodal AI assistant (text + image + documents, web RAG) built on Minerva 7B by Sapienza NLP and Babelscape; .

On this page you'll find ChatMinerva's full specifications. Review provider pricing and benchmark scores below, or compare ChatMinerva head-to-head with other multimodal models.

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Sized to what ChatMinerva actually needs (~8k context at Q4), not to the biggest GPU: Good = cheapest that runs it, Better = best value, Best = most headroom. Speed is a hardware estimate; anything past ~120 tok/s is shown as instant.

Good
Intel Arc B580 12GB
Consumer GPU · ~$249
~79.2 tok/s
Q4 · fits full context · up to 8k ctx
Runs with: ExLlamaV2, KoboldCpp, LM Studio
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Better
Intel Arc A770 16GB
Consumer GPU · ~$329
~97.3 tok/s
Q4 · fits full context · up to 8k ctx
Runs with: ExLlamaV2, KoboldCpp, LM Studio
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Best
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Consumer GPU · ~$549
~120 tok/s
Q4 · fits full context · up to 8k ctx
Runs with: ExLlamaV2, KoboldCpp, LM Studio
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Software support

·ExLlamaV2 ·KoboldCpp ·LM Studio ·MLX ·Ollama ·SGLang ·TensorRT-LLM ·llama.cpp ·vLLM ?KTransformers ?text-generation-webui

✓ measured · · compatible · — not supported. Informational only — speed is hardware-based.

Consumer GPU
38.9–120+ tok/s
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Apple
23.5–120+ tok/s
18 options →
Datacenter GPU
120+ tok/s
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Frequently asked questions

What is ChatMinerva? ▶

Italian multimodal AI assistant (text + image + documents, web RAG) built on Minerva 7B by Sapienza NLP and Babelscape; It is tracked on GenAIList with its specifications, benchmark scores and provider pricing.

Who created ChatMinerva? ▶

ChatMinerva was developed by Sapienza NLP and released in 2026.

Is ChatMinerva open source or proprietary? ▶

ChatMinerva ships as an open-weights model: you can download and self-host the weights, though the licence may place some restrictions on use.

How much does ChatMinerva cost? ▶

Pricing for ChatMinerva depends on the provider. See the providers table on this page for the latest API rates.

How does ChatMinerva perform on benchmarks? ▶

Benchmark scores for ChatMinerva are listed on this page as they are published. You can compare it head-to-head with other models on the GenAIList compare tool.

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