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Rocinante 12B vs Skyfall 36B V2

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Rocinante 12B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Higher intelligence benchmark

Skyfall 36B V2 wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics
Price Advantage
Rocinante 12B
Benchmark Advantage
Rocinante 12B
Context Window
Skyfall 36B V2
Speed
N/A

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricRocinante 12BSkyfall 36B V2Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$0.17$0.55 Rocinante 12B
Output (per 1M tokens)$0.43$0.80 Rocinante 12B
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Rocinante 12B is 62% cheaper overall.

Rocinante 12B Providers

NextBit $0.17 (Cheapest)
Infermatic $0.25

Skyfall 36B V2 Providers

Parasail $0.55 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Rocinante 12B Wins
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Skyfall 36B V2 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkRocinante 12BSkyfall 36B V2Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
24.6--
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
27.5--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
5.5--
BBH
Big-Bench Hard
30.0--
Both models show comparable benchmark performance.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

Rocinante 12B
32,768
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens
Skyfall 36B V2
32,768
tokens
Max output: 32,768 tokens

Speed Performance

Speed benchmarks not available for these models

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureRocinante 12BSkyfall 36B V2
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyRocinante 12BSkyfall 36B V2
LicenseOpen SourceOpen Source
AuthorThedrummerThedrummer
ReleasedSep 2024Mar 2025

Rocinante 12B Modalities

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Skyfall 36B V2 Modalities

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Frequently Asked Questions

Rocinante 12B has cheaper input pricing at $0.17/M tokens. Rocinante 12B has cheaper output pricing at $0.43/M tokens.
Rocinante 12B scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of N/A, compared to Skyfall 36B V2's score of N/A.
Rocinante 12B has a 32,768 token context window, while Skyfall 36B V2 has a 32,768 token context window.
Rocinante 12B does not support vision. Skyfall 36B V2 does not support vision.