TheDrummer: Rocinante 12b
Rocinante 12b is a language model from TheDrummer released on Jan 1, 2024. It reads text and writes text, with a 16K token context window and up to 8K tokens per reply.
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It costs $0.408 per million input tokens and $0.595 per million output tokens. Cached input bills at $0.204, 50% less than fresh input.
It supports prompt caching, and its weights are open, so you can host it yourself.
- Modalities
- In / out price
- $0.408 / $0.595 per 1M
- Context
- 16K
- Max output
- 8K
- Released
- Jan 1, 2024
- Knowledge cutoff
- n/a
- Tool calling
- Structured output
- Reasoning
- Prompt caching
- Open weights
- Free to use
Rocinante 12b pricing
USD, as listed on Oct 15, 2026. Most bills are input heavy, so the cached input rate matters as much as the headline price.
| Input | $0.408 / 1M tokens | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | $0.595 / 1M tokens | |
| Cached input (read) | $0.204 / 1M tokens | 50% off input |
What Rocinante 12b costs per month
Pick a workload close to yours or type your own volumes.
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Rocinante 12b questions
How much does the Rocinante 12b API cost?
$0.408 per million input tokens and $0.595 per million output tokens, with cached input at $0.204. The estimator on this page turns that into a monthly bill for your own workload.
What is the context window of Rocinante 12b?
16,384 tokens of input, and it can write up to 8,192 tokens in one reply. As a rough guide, a million tokens is around 750,000 English words.
Does Rocinante 12b support tool calling?
Not through the standard tools parameter. For an agent that calls your APIs, pick a model from the alternatives below that does.
Is Rocinante 12b open source?
Its weights are published, so you can run it on your own hardware or a cloud of your choice. Read the license before commercial use.
When was Rocinante 12b released?
Jan 1, 2024.
Catalog data from models.dev (MIT licensed), refreshed daily, last on Oct 15, 2026. The summary is written from these facts.