CapsNet (MultiMNIST)
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
- Google Brain
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 26 October 2017
- Authors
- S Sabour, N Frosst, GE Hinton
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Vision
- Task
- Character recognition (OCR)
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
- 11.4M
- Training data
- 120,000,000 tokens
"This model has 24.56M parameters which is 2 times more parameters than CapsNet with 11.36M parameters."
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Citations
- 5,094
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Dynamic Routing Between Capsules
- Last updated
- 25 May 2026
What the numbers mean
Background
CapsNet (MultiMNIST) was published by Google Brain, in the country recorded as United States of America, during October 2017. The publishing organisation is categorised as industry.
It works in the domain of Vision, and is recorded as performing the task of character recognition (OCR).
This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.
Training and provenance
The training set ran to roughly 120,000,000 tokens of text.
Answers
CapsNet (MultiMNIST) — common questions
CapsNet (MultiMNIST)— how many parameters does it have?
It has a parameter count of 11.4M. "This model has 24.56M parameters which is 2 times more parameters than CapsNet with 11.36M parameters.". 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.
CapsNet (MultiMNIST)— who created it?
It was published by Google Brain, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.
CapsNet (MultiMNIST)— when was it released?
It was published in October 2017. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
CapsNet (MultiMNIST)— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Vision, and is recorded as handling the task of character recognition (OCR). Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
CapsNet (MultiMNIST)— 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.
CapsNet (MultiMNIST)— is it open source?
The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.
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