Use-case guide · Long context

Should you pick T4 for long context?

T4 has 16 GB VRAM. Whether it's the right fit for long context depends on your model size, expected QPS, and budget. Below is what we're seeing in production.

VRAM + model fit

T4 fits models up to ~11B parameters in BF16 comfortably with room for KV-cache. For long context specifically, you'll want to leave headroom for context length growth.

Pricing

Live pricing across all providers for T4 is on the GPU detail page — click through for the sortable list.

Throughput

On long context workloads, T4 typically delivers the throughput published in its FP16 spec, minus the framework overhead (vLLM ≈ 85% MFU, TGI ≈ 70%).

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