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Chronos-2

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120M params | 512 context | $0.5000 input | $1.50 output

Chronos-2 is Amazon's universal successor to the original Chronos family. The official card describes it as a 120M-parameter, T5-inspired encoder-only model that handles univariate, multivariate, and covariate-informed forecasting in a single architecture. It is the Chronos variant to choose when you need cross-learning across related series, native covariates, or broader zero-shot coverage than the earlier univariate-first checkpoints.

Model Classification

Family

Chronos-2

Type

time series foundation model

Pretrained time-series model exposed on TSFM.ai for zero-shot or few-shot forecasting workloads.

Training Data

Subset of Chronos Datasets, subset of GIFT-Eval Pretrain, plus synthetic univariate and multivariate data as described by the official Chronos-2 card and technical report.

Recommended For

  • Zero-shot forecasting with covariates or related multivariate series
  • Teams that want one Chronos model for broader forecasting workloads

Strengths

  • Handles univariate, multivariate, and covariate-aware forecasting in one family
  • More universal design than the original first-generation Chronos checkpoints

Limitations

  • Still a forecasting model, not a general multi-task representation backbone
  • Larger deployment footprint than the smallest lightweight baselines

Capabilities

forecastingquantile-forecastingmultivariatecovariateszero-shot

Tags

amazonchronosuniversalmultivariate

Specifications

Parameters
120M
Architecture
encoder-only, T5-inspired model with group attention and multi-step quantile decoding
Context length
512
Max output
1,024
Avg latency
n/a
Uptime
n/a
Rate limit
n/a
Accelerator
NVIDIA GPU
Regions
Virginia, US
License
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Pricing

Input / 1M tokens
$0.5000
Output / 1M tokens
$1.50

Performance

Average latency
n/a
Availability
n/a
Rate limit
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