Rnj 1 Instruct
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 | |
|---|---|
essentialai-rnj-1-instruct | |
| Language | |
| Active | |
| Essential AI | |
| 33K tokens | |
| Text | |
| Text | |
| 8.31B | |
| 317 | |
| 6,591 | |
| 734,762 | |
| · 10 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
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.15 | $0.15 | |
| $0.15 | $0.15 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Rnj 1 Instruct, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 20 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g2-standard-4 |  GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.705/hr | ||
| g6.xlarge |  AWS | L4 | 22 GB | $0.805/hr | ||
| g2-standard-8 | GCP | nvidia-l4 | 24 GB | $0.851/hr | ||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemma 3 12B Instruct | 131K | $0.050 | $0.100 | Available | |
| Gemma 3 4B Instruct | 131K | $0.040 | $0.080 | Available | |
| Rnj 1 Instruct | 33K | — | — | Current | |
| Gemma Embedding | — | — | — | — | Available |