VARCO LLM 2.0 base
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- NCSOFT
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- Korea (Republic of)
- Published
- 16 August 2023
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Language
- Task
- Language modeling/generation, Chat, Translation, Question answering
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Parameters
- 13B
- Training data
- 1,600,000,000,000 tokens
https://ncsoft.github.io/ncresearch/varco-llm-details/
Training compute
The arithmetic performed to train the model, measured in floating-point operations. It is a measure of what the training run cost, not of how fast the finished model answers you.
- Training compute
- 1.2 × 10²³ FLOP
- How it was established
- Operation counting
=1600000000000 tokens * 6 FLOP / token / parameter * 13000000000 parameters = 1.248×10^23 FLOP
Availability
Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.
- Weights
- Closed — provider access only
- Model access
- API access
- Training code
- Unreleased
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Likely above 10²³ FLOP
- Yes
- Record confidence
- Likely
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- VARCO LLM 2.0 is NCSOFT's large language model that can be applied to the development of natural language processing-based AI services.
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
About this model
VARCO LLM 2.0 base was published by NCSOFT, in the country recorded as Korea (Republic of), during August 2023. The publishing organisation is categorised as industry.
It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling/generation, Chat, Translation, Question answering.
This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.
How it was trained
The training run consumed about 1.2 × 10²³ FLOP. That figure measures what producing the model cost, and has no bearing on how fast it answers.
The training set ran to roughly 1,600,000,000,000 tokens of text.
Answers
VARCO LLM 2.0 base — common questions
VARCO LLM 2.0 base— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of language modeling/generation, Chat, Translation, Question answering. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
VARCO LLM 2.0 base— how much compute was used to train it?
Training consumed around 1.2 × 10²³ FLOP. That measures what producing the model cost and says nothing about how quickly it answers once trained — inference speed comes from memory bandwidth, not from the training budget.
VARCO LLM 2.0 base— what GPU do I need to run it?
None. This is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
VARCO LLM 2.0 base— is it open source?
No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
VARCO LLM 2.0 base— how many parameters does it have?
It has a parameter count of 13B. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.
VARCO LLM 2.0 base— who created it?
It was published by NCSOFT, based in Korea (Republic of), an organisation categorised as industry.
VARCO LLM 2.0 base— when was it released?
It was published in August 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
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