NVIDIA
NVIDIA
Language model · United States ·Oct 2024

SANA 1.6B

Language Open Weights
1.6B
Parameters

About SANA 1.6B

SANA 1.6B is an AI model developed by NVIDIA, in the language category, released in 2024, made available as an open-weights model with 1.6B params.

On this page you'll find SANA 1.6B's full specifications. Review provider pricing and benchmark scores below, or compare SANA 1.6B head-to-head with other language models.

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Links

Announcement ↗ Hugging Face ↗

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Sized to what SANA 1.6B 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.

Best
Intel Arc B580 12GB
Consumer GPU · ~$249
~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
105.6–120+ tok/s
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Apple
105.6–120+ tok/s
18 options →
Datacenter GPU
120+ tok/s
13 options →

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Frequently asked questions

What is SANA 1.6B? ▶

SANA 1.6B is an AI model developed by NVIDIA, in the language category, released in 2024. It is tracked on GenAIList with its specifications, benchmark scores and provider pricing.

Who created SANA 1.6B? ▶

SANA 1.6B was developed by NVIDIA and released in 2024.

Is SANA 1.6B open source or proprietary? ▶

SANA 1.6B 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 SANA 1.6B cost? ▶

Pricing for SANA 1.6B depends on the provider. See the providers table on this page for the latest API rates.

How does SANA 1.6B perform on benchmarks? ▶

Benchmark scores for SANA 1.6B 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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