Puro-2B: Replicate Qwen2-1.5B on RTX 5090 for Under $5090
burny_tech · x · 2026-08-31
Puro-2B is announced with a fully open recipe. You can train a model matching Qwen2-1.5B on RTX 5090s for less than $5090. With $6.9K, the performance approaches Qwen2.5-1.5B.
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