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    "product-search"
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    "title": "SigLIP 2 so400m patch16 (256/384/512): embedding model",
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        "a": "Patch16 so400m: fewer tokens than patch14 at the same resolution, so faster per frame."
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      {
        "q": "What are the limits of SigLIP 2 so400m patch16 (256/384/512)?",
        "a": "Same 1.1B parameter cost as patch14; GPU in practice."
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        "q": "Can SigLIP 2 so400m patch16 (256/384/512) be used commercially?",
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        "q": "How does SigLIP 2 so400m patch16 (256/384/512) run on Mixpeek?",
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        "q": "What does SigLIP 2 so400m patch16 (256/384/512) output?",
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