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Granite-TimeSeries-TTM-R2

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805K params | 512 context | $0.00025 per forecast | Apache-2.0

TTM-R2 is IBM's larger-data continuation of the TinyTimeMixer line. IBM positions it as a better-performing follow-on to R1 while preserving the small, fast deployment profile that makes TinyTimeMixer practical on CPUs and lightweight hosted inference. It remains a focused family of context- and horizon-specific checkpoints rather than a single universal TSFM.

Model Classification

Family

Granite TTM

Type

time series foundation model

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

Training Data

Public forecasting corpus built from Australian Electricity and Weather, Bitcoin, KDD Cup 2018, London Smart Meters, Saugeen River Flow, Solar, US Births, and wind datasets; IBM states R2 used about 700M training samples.

Recommended For

  • CPU-friendly or latency-sensitive forecasting baselines
  • Fast zero-shot checks before escalating to larger TSFMs

Strengths

  • Very small checkpoints with efficient deployment characteristics
  • Useful lightweight baseline for standard public forecasting workloads

Limitations

  • Lower ceiling than larger modern TSFM families on broad zero-shot leaderboards
  • Checkpoint families are tuned around specific context and prediction settings

Not Ideal For

  • Use cases that need one universal model across very different context and horizon regimes

Capabilities

forecastingmultivariatezero-shothigh-throughput

Tags

ibmgranitettmtiny

Specifications

Parameters
805K
Architecture
TinyTimeMixer
Context length
512
Max context
512
Minimum history
n/a
Recommended history
n/a
Input step
n/a
Required target series
1
Temperature
Ignored
Top P
Ignored
Max output
1,024
Avg latency
n/a
Uptime
n/a
Plan limits
1,000 rpm free · 1,000,000 rpm with billing
Accelerator
T4
Regions
Virginia, US
License
Apache-2.0

Pricing

Per forecast
$0.00025

Performance

Average latency
n/a
Availability
n/a
Plan limits
1,000 rpm free · 1,000,000 rpm with billing