OPEN MODELS / AI music and audio
Run acestep-v15-xl-base on a cloud GPU
acestep-v15-xl-base is a AI music and audio model by ACE-Step. See how much GPU memory it needs, which GPUs it fits on today and what it costs to run it yourself, billed per second.
GPUs it fits on today
Our estimate is about 13 GB for inference with F32 weights, including working memory. Real use depends on resolution, batch size and context length.
| GPU | Memory | Per hour | 10 hours | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX A4000 | 16 GB | $0.19 | $1.90 | Rent |
| RTX 2080 Ti | 22 GB | $0.20 | $2.00 | Rent |
| RTX 5060 Ti | 16 GB | $0.20 | $2.00 | Rent |
| Tesla V100 | 16 GB | $0.22 | $2.20 | Rent |
| Q RTX 5000 | 16 GB | $0.24 | $2.40 | Rent |
Live starting prices from our catalog. You pay per second while the machine runs.
How to run acestep-v15-xl-base
- 01
Rent a GPU
Pick one of the GPUs above. Billing is per second; stop the machine and you stop paying.
- 02
Open a terminal or Jupyter
Connect over SSH or open Jupyter in your browser. PyTorch and CUDA are ready to use.
- 03
Download and run the model
Run the commands below. The weights download straight from Hugging Face to your machine.
pip install -U transformers accelerate
python -c "from transformers import pipeline; p = pipeline('text-to-audio', model='ACE-Step/acestep-v15-xl-base', device=0); print(p)"Why run it yourself?
Make your own songs and sound without a subscription or per-track fee. Your GPU, your files.
Questions
- How much GPU memory does acestep-v15-xl-base need?
- By our estimate about 13 GB for inference (5B parameters). Higher resolution, longer context or bigger batches need more.
- How much does it cost to run acestep-v15-xl-base?
- From $0.19 per hour on RTX A4000, billed per second. Ten hours cost about $1.90.
- Do I need a subscription?
- No. You pay only for the time your machine runs, from your USD balance. Stop it whenever you are done.
Try it on your own GPU in minutes
Pick a GPU, open Jupyter or SSH and run any open model. You pay per second and can stop anytime; no subscription, no setup fee.
- Per-second billing in USD
- PyTorch and CUDA ready in minutes
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