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Recommended models

Pick a model for the job. When a T-Cloud model fits, it is the recommendation.

Use case Recommended Alternative Where it runs Context Notes
General chat and assistants GLM 5.3 GPT-OSS 120B T-Cloud Germany (EU) 1M · 128K GLM 5.3, GPT-OSS 120B and Mistral Small 4 run on T-Cloud. GLM 5.3 has a 1M context window. Mistral Small 4 also accepts images.
Reasoning and complex tasks GLM 5.3 GLM 5.3 Flash T-Cloud Germany (EU) 1M GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash run on T-Cloud with a 1M context window. reasoning_effort accepts none, high, and max on GLM 5.3, and low, high, and max on GLM 5.3 Flash.
Coding and agents GLM 5.3 GLM 5.3 Flash T-Cloud Germany (EU) 1M GLM 5.3 has the catalog's coding tag and a 1M context window.
Image and document understanding Qwen 3.6 35B FP8 Gemma 4 T-Cloud Germany (EU) 256K · 102.4K Both accept text and image on T-Cloud. Mistral Small 4 does too.
OCR LightOnOCR-3-4B PaddleOCR-VL-1.6 T-Cloud Germany (EU) 32K · 128K Both run on T-Cloud, in the Essential, Professional and Agentic plans. Context windows are 32K and 128K.
Embeddings and RAG BGE-M3 Jina Embeddings v2 Base DE T-Cloud Germany (EU) 8K BGE-M3, Jina Embeddings v2 Base DE, and Qwen3 Embedding 8B run on T-Cloud. Context windows are 8K, 8K, and 32K.
Audio Whisper Large v3 Whisper Large v3 Turbo T-Cloud Germany (EU) 448 Speech to text on T-Cloud. Each model has a context window of 448 tokens.
Routing and decisions d3 (Preview) DiffusionGemma 26B A4B (Preview) T-Cloud Germany (EU) 256K Both are preview models on T-Cloud. DiffusionGemma accepts text and image and has a 256K context window.
Image generation GPT Image 2 — Azure Sweden Central 4K GPT Image 2 runs on Azure Sweden. No image-generation model runs on T-Cloud.

  • General chat and assistants

    Recommended GLM 5.3

    Alternative GPT-OSS 120B

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 1M · 128K

    Notes GLM 5.3, GPT-OSS 120B and Mistral Small 4 run on T-Cloud. GLM 5.3 has a 1M context window. Mistral Small 4 also accepts images.

  • Reasoning and complex tasks

    Recommended GLM 5.3

    Alternative GLM 5.3 Flash

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 1M

    Notes GLM 5.3 and GLM 5.3 Flash run on T-Cloud with a 1M context window. reasoning_effort accepts none, high, and max on GLM 5.3, and low, high, and max on GLM 5.3 Flash.

  • Coding and agents

    Recommended GLM 5.3

    Alternative GLM 5.3 Flash

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 1M

    Notes GLM 5.3 has the catalog's coding tag and a 1M context window.

  • Image and document understanding

    Recommended Qwen 3.6 35B FP8

    Alternative Gemma 4

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 256K · 102.4K

    Notes Both accept text and image on T-Cloud. Mistral Small 4 does too.

  • OCR

    Recommended LightOnOCR-3-4B

    Alternative PaddleOCR-VL-1.6

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 32K · 128K

    Notes Both run on T-Cloud, in the Essential, Professional and Agentic plans. Context windows are 32K and 128K.

  • Embeddings and RAG

    Recommended BGE-M3

    Alternative Jina Embeddings v2 Base DE

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 8K

    Notes BGE-M3, Jina Embeddings v2 Base DE, and Qwen3 Embedding 8B run on T-Cloud. Context windows are 8K, 8K, and 32K.

  • Audio

    Recommended Whisper Large v3

    Alternative Whisper Large v3 Turbo

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 448

    Notes Speech to text on T-Cloud. Each model has a context window of 448 tokens.

  • Routing and decisions

    Recommended d3 (Preview)

    Alternative DiffusionGemma 26B A4B (Preview)

    Where it runs T-Cloud Germany (EU)

    Context 256K

    Notes Both are preview models on T-Cloud. DiffusionGemma accepts text and image and has a 256K context window.

  • Image generation

    Recommended GPT Image 2

    Alternative —

    Where it runs Azure Sweden Central

    Context 4K

    Notes GPT Image 2 runs on Azure Sweden. No image-generation model runs on T-Cloud.

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