> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

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# FrogNano-4B-2609

> Deploy Microsoft FrogNano-4B-2609 on Runpod Serverless with vLLM, fp8 precision, and an 8,192 token max model length.

## Overview

FrogNano-4B-2609 is a 4B parameter text model from Microsoft, published as `microsoft/frognano-4b-2609`. This recipe serves it on Runpod Serverless with vLLM on a single GPU, so you can run long multi-turn, tool-calling agent workloads yourself instead of paying per token.

## Recipe

| Setting | Value |
| - | - |
| Engine | vllm |
| Image | `runpod/worker-v1-vllm:v2.27.0` |
| GPU | 1x RTX 4090 |
| Precision | fp8 |
| Max model length | 8,192 |

## Deploy

Deploy the template from the console: [Deploy FrogNano-4B-2609](https://console.runpod.io/deploy?template=902q8tlzie\&utm_source=docs\&utm_medium=content\&utm_campaign=202610_activation_indie-ml-dev_microsoft-frognano-4b-2609\&utm_content=model-page)

```bash theme={null}
runpodctl serverless create --hub-id <vllm listing> --model-reference hf://microsoft/FrogNano-4B-2609
```

Browse related listings in the [Hub](https://console.runpod.io/hub?utm_source=docs\&utm_medium=content\&utm_campaign=202610_activation_indie-ml-dev_microsoft-frognano-4b-2609\&utm_content=model-page), or [create an account](https://console.runpod.io/signup?utm_source=docs\&utm_medium=content\&utm_campaign=202610_activation_indie-ml-dev_microsoft-frognano-4b-2609\&utm_content=model-page) first.

## Measured performance

| GPU | Price | Throughput | Time to first token | Cold start | Cost per 1M output tokens |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1x RTX 4090, fp8 | \$0.69/hr | 104 tokens per second | 582 ms | 870 s | \$1.84 |

## Limits

* License: mit. Review the license terms before you deploy.
* Context length for the model is not stated. This recipe sets a max model length of 8,192, and requests above that limit are rejected.
* The recipe covers text only. It does not configure a network volume, quantization other than fp8, a custom handler, or multi-GPU serving.

See the [model page](https://www.runpod.io/models/microsoft-frognano-4b-2609?utm_source=docs\&utm_medium=content\&utm_campaign=202610_activation_indie-ml-dev_microsoft-frognano-4b-2609\&utm_content=model-page) and the [deployment walkthrough](https://www.runpod.io/blog/microsoft-frognano-4b-2609-on-runpod-serverless?utm_source=docs\&utm_medium=content\&utm_campaign=202610_activation_indie-ml-dev_microsoft-frognano-4b-2609\&utm_content=model-page).