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SmolVLM

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SmolVLM is a Hugging Face open-weight model family. This small vision-language family pairs a compact text decoder with a SigLIP vision encoder using an Idefics-style connector. It supports image questions, document interpretation, and multi-image chat with modest memory needs. The later 256M and 500M tiers are variants of the original named release. Apache-2.0 licensing supports local deployment and adaptation. Model outputs can hallucinate and reflect training biases; multimodal tiers can also misread fine visual details.

2024-11-26
256M, 500M, 2B
Dense decoder-only Transformer with vision encoder
Apache-2.0

Specifications

Parameters
256M, 500M, 2B
Architecture
Dense decoder-only Transformer with vision encoder
License
Apache-2.0
Type
multimodal
Modalities
textimage

Benchmark Scores

Advanced Specifications

Model Family
SmolVLM
API Access
Not Available
Chat Interface
Not Available
Variants
2B256M500MBase/Instruct

Capabilities & Limitations

Capabilities
text generationinstruction followingvisual question answering
Known Limitations
Small models have limited broad knowledgeMedia support applies only to relevant tiers
Notable Use Cases
on-device assistantssmall-model researchprivate inference

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