---
title: "Riva Translate 4B v2 API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2
generated: 2026-10-22T20:00:03.500Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Riva Translate 4B v2 API pricing

Riva Translate 4B v2 API at $1.50/M input and $1.50/M output tokens. Works with the OpenAI SDK.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | NVIDIA list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $1.50 | — |
| Cached input | — | $1.50 | — |
| Output | — | $1.50 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Daily real-model check: Same fingerprint since Oct 20 (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2)

## Request

### Python · OpenAI SDK

```python
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1",
    api_key="sk-uplink-live-...",
)

completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Summarize this in one line."}],
)
print(completion.choices[0].message.content)
```

### TypeScript · OpenAI SDK

```typescript
import OpenAI from 'openai';

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: 'https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1',
  apiKey: 'sk-uplink-live-...',
});

const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: 'riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2',
  messages: [{ role: 'user', content: 'Summarize this in one line.' }],
});
console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);
```

### curl

```bash
curl https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "authorization: Bearer sk-uplink-live-..." \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Riva Translate 4B v2?

Riva Translate 4B v2 is a model from NVIDIA. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2.

### How much does the Riva Translate 4B v2 API cost?

$1.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens, with cached input at $1.50.

### Is Riva Translate 4B v2 free?

It is pay as you go: prepaid credit from $10, with no subscription or monthly fee, billed per token. A 1,000-token prompt with a 500-token reply costs about $0.0023.

### What is the Riva Translate 4B v2 model id?

riva-translate-4b-instruct-v2. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Riva Translate 4B v2 API key?

Create one in the console at uplinkswitch.ai/console: prepaid credit from $10, no subscription, and the key is live at once. The same key calls Riva Translate 4B v2 and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is it the real Riva Translate 4B v2?

Every day each model gets the same test prompt, and a model always counts that prompt the same way; a swapped one would not. Riva Translate 4B v2's latest result: Same fingerprint since Oct 20.

## Related

- Cursor setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/cursor
- Cline setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/cline
- Roo Code setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/roo-code
- Kilo Code setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/kilo-code
- SDKs setup: https://uplinkswitch.ai/guides/sdks
- Every model and price: https://uplinkswitch.ai/llms-full.txt
- Machine catalog: https://uplinkswitch.ai/ai-catalog.json
