Using YandexGPT 5 Lite on Yandex AI Studio

Implementation guide · YandexGPT · Yandex

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Yandex AI Studio exposes YandexGPT 5 Lite through model ID yandexgpt-5-lite. 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 Yandex AI Studio and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Yandex AI Studio SDK or REST API to call yandexgpt-5-lite — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $1.64/1M input, $1.64/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See Yandex AI Studio documentation for integration details.

Pricing on Yandex AI Studio

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$1.64
Output tokens$1.64

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

About YandexGPT 5 Lite

8B parameter model optimized for speed and real-time responses. Bilingual (Russian and English) support with LLaMA-like architecture. Trained on 15 trillion tokens across two stages with context length increased to 32k in stage 2.

Full model details →

Model Specs

Released2025-02-25
Parameters8B
Context32K
ArchitectureDecoder Only

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Provider

Yandex AI Studio

Yandex Cloud

Moscow, Russia