---
title: "Rocinante 12B v1.1 API pricing"
canonical: https://uplinkswitch.ai/models/rocinante-12b-v1.1
generated: 2026-10-22T19:06:52.872Z
source: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1/catalog
base_url: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
---

# Rocinante 12B v1.1 API pricing

Rocinante 12B v1.1 API at $1.428/M input and $2.0825/M output tokens. 16,384-token context window. Works with the OpenAI SDK.

## Price per million tokens (USD)

| Tokens | TheDrummer list price | UplinkSwitch | Under list |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Input | — | $1.428 | — |
| Cached input | — | billed at the input rate | — |
| Output | — | $2.0825 | — |

## Model

- Model id: `rocinante-12b-v1.1`
- Formats: OpenAI SDK
- Base URL: https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1
- Context window: 16,384 tokens
- Max output: 8,192 tokens
- Input: text
- Daily real-model check: No answer at the last check (https://uplinkswitch.ai/proof#rocinante-12b-v1.1)

## 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="rocinante-12b-v1.1",
    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: 'rocinante-12b-v1.1',
  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":"rocinante-12b-v1.1","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
```

## Questions

### What is Rocinante 12B v1.1?

Rocinante 12B v1.1 is a model from TheDrummer, with a 16,384-token context window, taking text input. Through UplinkSwitch it answers the OpenAI SDK on one key as rocinante-12b-v1.1.

### How much does the Rocinante 12B v1.1 API cost?

$1.428 per million input tokens and $2.0825 per million output tokens.

### Is Rocinante 12B v1.1 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 $0.0025.

### What is the Rocinante 12B v1.1 context window?

Rocinante 12B v1.1 has a 16,384-token context window, with up to 8,192 output tokens per request. It takes text input.

### What is the Rocinante 12B v1.1 model id?

rocinante-12b-v1.1. Send it as the model through the OpenAI SDK with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### How do I get a Rocinante 12B v1.1 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 Rocinante 12B v1.1 and every other model in the catalog; send it as the bearer token with base URL https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1.

### Is there a Rocinante 12B v1.1 API?

Yes: rocinante-12b-v1.1 on the OpenAI format at https://api.uplinkswitch.com/v1, $1.428 input and $2.0825 output per million tokens. No weights to download and no GPU of your own; the key also runs every other model in the catalog.

### What is Rocinante 12B v1.1 based on?

Mistral AI’s Mistral Nemo 12B (the card lists a Mistral template for NeMo). TheDrummer tuned it for storytelling, with a DELLA merge by MarinaraSpaghetti, per the Rocinante 12B v1.1 card.

### What license does Rocinante 12B v1.1 have?

The card’s license tag is other, with no license named. Mistral Nemo 12B is Apache-2.0.

### What does Rocinante 12B v1.1 cost per 100 messages?

$0.3897 for 100 chat turns of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each, at $1.428 input and $2.0825 output per million tokens, from prepaid credit with no subscription.

### What settings does Rocinante 12B v1.1 use?

Its card suggests the DRY sampler, with temperature 0.7 for a calm, familiar ride and 1.2 for more creativity.

### Rocinante 12B v1.1 or UnslopNemo 12B v4.1?

Both are TheDrummer’s 12B Mistral Nemo tunes: Rocinante v1.1 for storytelling and adventure, UnslopNemo v4.1 for adventure writing and roleplay. Rocinante 12B v1.1 is $1.428 / $2.0825 per million tokens in / out, $3.90 for 1,000 chat turns; UnslopNemo 12B v4.1 is $1.972 / $1.972 per million tokens in / out, $4.93 for 1,000 chat turns. Both run on the same key, so send the same prompt to each.

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- Every model and price: https://uplinkswitch.ai/llms-full.txt
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