Kokoro 82M is Kokoro's language model. A lightweight open-weight TTS model with 82 million parameters that delivers quality comparable to larger models while being significantly faster and more cost-efficient.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
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·
Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Kokoro 82M, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 0 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g6f.large |  AWS | L4 | 3 GB | $0.202/hr | us-east-1 | |
| Standard_NV4as_v4 |  Azure | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 16 GB | $0.233/hr | westus2 | |
| g6f.xlarge | AWS | L4 | 3 GB | $0.237/hr | us-east-1 | |
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kokoro 1 82M | — | — | — | — | Available |
| Kokoro 82M | — | — | — | — | Current |