Rnj 1 Instruct is Essential AI's language model with a 33K context window, available from 2 providers. An 8B-parameter open-weight instruction-tuned LLM from Essential AI trained from scratch with a focus on programming, mathematics, and scientific reasoning.
Specifications
Canonical IDessentialai-rnj-1-instruct
TypeLanguage
StatusActive
CreatorEssential AIEssential AI
Providers
Context Window33K tokens
Input ModalitiesText
Output ModalitiesText
Parameters8.31B
HuggingFace Likes317
HuggingFace Downloads (30d)6,591
HuggingFace Downloads (all-time)734,762
Release Date · 7 months ago

Capabilities

Input1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities3/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs
Native JSON Schema
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·

Pricing by Provider

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Per 1M tokens
ProviderStandard
Input
$ / 1M
Output
$ / 1M
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Hugging Face
together_ai:essentialai/rnj-1-instruct
$0.15$0.15
OpenRouter logo
OpenRouter
essentialai/rnj-1-instruct
$0.15$0.15

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Cheapest Instances to Run It

Cloud GPU instances that can host Rnj 1 Instruct, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 20 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.

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FP16 (full precision)
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Cheapest region
g2-standard-4GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.705/hrus-east4
g6.xlargeAWSL422 GB$0.805/hrus-east-1
g2-standard-8GCPnvidia-l424 GB$0.851/hrus-east4
7 more instances can run Rnj 1 Instruct
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Versions

VersionReleasedContextInput / 1MOutput / 1MStatus
Gemma 3 12B Instruct131K$0.050$0.100Available
Gemma 3 4B Instruct131K$0.040$0.080Available
Rnj 1 Instruct33KCurrent
Gemma EmbeddingAvailable

Model IDs

essentialai-rnj-1-instruct
essentialai/rnj-1-instruct