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Small interactive tools I've generated for my own use.

ls /tx/utils/
  • MST
    Mist Box LLM Training Reference

    Which open LMs fit pretrain / full fine-tune vs LoRA / QLoRA on an RTX 3070 8 GB (BF16, training overhead included). Target: Mist box — 94 GB RAM, 16 cores.

    mist.train.fit()
  • GPU
    Transformer GPU Memory Calculator

    GPT and GPT-NeoX / Pythia decoder presets with architecture sizes, parameter counts, and BF16 weight memory.

    model.size()
  • TOK
    LLM Training Data Calculator

    If your model has N parameters, how much text does it need? Quick estimates using Chinchilla-optimal and legacy GPT-2 era scaling ratios.

    data.tokens(N)
  • ACC
    Google Colab Accelerator Reference

    Peak memory and FLOPs for an RTX 3070 vs. Google Colab accelerators, with relative speed vs. the local baseline.

    accel.ref()
  • $50
    Accelerator Cost Comparison

    GPUs available on 3+ of Colab, Vast, Lambda, Modal, and RunPod — plus Colab TPUs — with hourly cost side by side. Includes Lambda, Modal, and RunPod catalogs.

    accel.cloud($/hr)
  • VST
    Vast.ai GPU Accelerator Reference

    Vast marketplace GPUs with release year, peak FLOPs, on-demand $/hr, hours from $50 and $100, and speed vs. an RTX 3070 baseline. Sort by year, FLOPs, price, or RAM.

    vast.gpu.ref()
Each utility is a standalone static page under /tx/utils/.
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