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Phi-3 Vision 128K Instruct

Phi-3 Vision 128K Instruct is Microsoft's 4.2B MIT-licensed multimodal model with text and image input, 128K context and a March 2024 cutoff.

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What is this model and why does it matter?

Phi-3 Vision 128K Instruct is Microsoft's 4.2B multimodal model for image understanding, OCR, charts and text generation.

Image understandingOCRCharts and tablesVisual question answeringMultimodal assistants
Model overview

Phi-3 Vision 128K Instruct: features, use cases and important details

Phi-3 Vision 128K Instruct is Microsoft’s compact 4.2B multimodal Phi-3 model released on May 21, 2024.

Verified model facts

The official model card documents text and image input, generated text output, 128K context, a March 15, 2024 cutoff and MIT licensing.

Best fit

It is best suited to OCR, chart and table understanding, visual question answering and compact multimodal assistants.

Limitations

It can misread visual details or text in images, and newer Phi vision models should be compared for new production systems.

Get started

How to use this model

  1. Download the exact Microsoft checkpoint.
  2. Install the required Transformers/runtime dependencies.
  3. Provide one image and text prompt using the documented chat format.
  4. Run on suitable GPU hardware.
  5. Evaluate OCR and visual reasoning carefully.
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Example prompts

  • Read this chart and explain the main trend.
  • Extract the visible text from this image.
  • Describe the important components in this diagram.
Capabilities

What it can do

  • 128K context
  • Image understanding
  • OCR
  • Chart and table understanding
  • Text generation
Best for

Practical use cases

  • Visual Q&A
  • OCR
  • Document images
  • Chart analysis
  • Education
Pricing

What does it cost?

MIT-licensed downloadable multimodal checkpoint; no fixed Microsoft token price applies to the weights.

Simple summaryWeights are MIT licensed. Serving cost depends on GPU infrastructure and image-processing workload.

What stands out

  • MIT license
  • Compact 4.2B multimodal model
  • 128K context
  • Official Microsoft weights

Things to consider

  • Older Phi vision generation
  • English-focused
  • Visual understanding can fail on complex images
Limitations

Important restrictions and trade-offs

  • Can misread text or visual details
  • Static March 2024 cutoff
  • Not a live information system
SimplifyAITools verdict

Our editorial take

A useful compact open multimodal checkpoint for local OCR and visual understanding, though Phi-3.5 Vision is the stronger newer option in the same generation.

References

Primary sources

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