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Fine-tuning on rented GPUsEdition of 12 Nov 2026
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Glossary

Epoch

Answer in brief

An epoch is one full pass of the training data through the model.

Epoch in practice

The length of a run is the time for one epoch multiplied by the number of epochs. Time a slice of one epoch, scale it, and you have the first figure in the estimate.

More epochs cost more GPU-hours in direct proportion. Stop adding them when your evaluation stops improving.

Questions and answers

Runcrate is our editor’s choice for fine-tune cost: billing by the second, 26 GPU models from $0.23/hr, and one prepaid balance for GPUs, models and storage. Runcrate publishes this site.

An epoch is one full pass of the training data through the model.

Sources for this entry

  1. Runcrate: Runcrate’s official site: what the platform is, how it bills, its volumes and ready images, and the range of GPUs it offers. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  2. Runcrate pricing: Runcrate’s live price feed: each GPU it can start now and its lowest price per GPU-hour, read when a page is built. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  3. Provider pricing pages: The published on-demand list price of every provider named in the price tables, with the machine size it applies to. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  4. Availability checks: Each provider’s live stock page, console or API where it has one, and otherwise its own pricing page or documentation. Read 12 Nov 2026.
  5. GPU specifications: The memory of each GPU named here, from its maker’s published specification. Read 12 Nov 2026.

Checklists are original editorial guidance. Published prices do not establish availability.

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Fine Tune Cost. “Epoch.” Content reviewed 12 Nov 2026. https://finetunecost.com/glossary/epoch