Using RecurrentGemma 2B on NVIDIA NIM

Implementation guide · RecurrentGemma · Google DeepMind

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NVIDIA NIM exposes RecurrentGemma 2B through model ID recurrentgemma-2b. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at NVIDIA NIM and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the NVIDIA NIM SDK or REST API to call recurrentgemma-2b — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed . See full pricing.

Code Examples

See NVIDIA NIM documentation for integration details.

Pricing on NVIDIA NIM

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

About RecurrentGemma 2B

RecurrentGemma 2B, developed by Google, leverages a novel Griffin architecture that integrates linear recurrences with local attention mechanisms to adeptly manage long sequences while minimizing memory usage. It excels in text generation tasks, such as question answering, summarization, and reasoning, by efficiently handling complex prompts and instructions. Available in both pre-trained and instruction-tuned versions, RecurrentGemma enhances usability in interactive applications like chatbots. Its open-source nature fosters transparency, enabling researchers to explore and innovate further. Performance-wise, it stands out with competitive results on benchmarks like HellaSwag and PIQA, marking a notable leap in natural language processing capabilities.

Model Specs

Released2024-04-09
Parameters2B
Context4k
ArchitectureDecoder Only

Provider

NVIDIA NIM

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States