Idefics3 8B

MultimodalAvailable
by CommunityModel ID: idefics3-8b

Hugging Face Idefics3 8B. Llama-3 based open-source vision-language model with strong document QA and chart-understanding performance.

Price
โ‰ˆ US$0.0012/run
Context
8,192 tokens
Max. output
4,096 tokens
Input โ†’ output
Text + Image โ†’ Text
Developer
Community
Updated
23 September 2026
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Playground

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Examples

Real outputs from the public examples of this model on Replicate, with the prompt and settings that produced them. They were not generated live on this page.
  • InputInput

    Prompt

    What do you see? Give me a detailed answer

    Response

    A white dog is sitting on the bench. The background of the image is blurred, but we can still see trees and dry grass in the background. There are clouds visible in the sky.

  • InputInput

    Prompt

    What do you see? Give me a detailed answer

    Response

    The image depicts an old-fashioned typewriter that has been modified to resemble the face of a robot. This is achieved by adding various mechanical components and parts, transforming it into what appears as a humanoid visage with distinct features. The top part of the typewriter's body forms the head section, which includes two large circular eyes made from gears or other metallic objects. These eyes are positioned symmetrically on either side of the centerline, giving the impression of staring directly at the viewer. Each eye contains intricate details such as small metal pieces arranged in a way that mimics human-like expressions, possibly suggesting surprise or curiosity. Below these "eyes," there is a prominent nose formed by a series of horizontal bars connected vertically, creating a bridge-like structure between them. Below this nasal area lies the mouth, which consists of several rows of keys from the original typewriter keyboard. These keys have been painted white for contrast against the dark background, making them stand out prominently. On each row, the letters QWERTY (typical of standard English keyboards) can be seen clearly visible. However, some additional characters like U, P, Y, I, W, E, R, T, S, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, Z, X, C, V, B, N, M appear to be present, indicating that they might belong to different languages or variations of typing layouts. To complete the robotic appearance, the entire assembly is framed within a rectangular border resembling aโ€ฆ

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About Idefics3 8B

TL;DRAs of 23 September 2026

Idefics3 8B is a model by Community in the Multimodal category. On Railwail, Idefics3 8B costs โ‰ˆ US$0.0012 per run. The context window holds 8,192 tokens, and one response can be up to 4,096 tokens long.

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Pricing

Prices in US dollars. Usage is charged from prepaid credits.
Typical run (โ‰ˆ 1 s on L40S)US$0.0012 per run
GPU time (L40S)US$0.00117 per GPU second
  • Billed by the GPU time the run actually takes. When the run starts, 3ร— the typical price is reserved from your balance and settled afterwards.
  • 1 credit = US$0.01

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Total

US$0.12

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Per run

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API

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Specifications

Model ID
idefics3-8b
Developer
Community
Category
Multimodal
Input
Text, Image
Output
Text
Context window
8,192 tokens
Max. output
4,096 tokens
Billing
By usage (tokens or GPU time)
Catalog entry updated
23 September 2026

Tags

  • replicate
  • multimodal
  • vision-understanding
  • huggingface
  • open-weights
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Frequently asked questions

What is Idefics3 8B?

Idefics3 8B is a model by Community in the Multimodal category.

How much does Idefics3 8B cost on Railwail?

On Railwail, Idefics3 8B costs โ‰ˆ US$0.0012 per run. You are charged for what each request actually uses. Usage is paid from prepaid credits; 1 credit equals US$0.01.

What is the context window of Idefics3 8B?

The context window of Idefics3 8B holds 8,192 tokens. One response can be up to 4,096 tokens long.

How fast is Idefics3 8B?

There are not enough measured runs of Idefics3 8B on Railwail yet to state a run time. It depends on the input, the settings and the load at the provider.

Is Idefics3 8B better than BLIP?

That depends on the task. Idefics3 8B (Community) and BLIP (Salesforce) are both models in the Multimodal category. The comparison page shows their prices and specifications side by side.

Compare Idefics3 8B and BLIP

Can Idefics3 8B process images?

Yes. Idefics3 8B accepts images as input in addition to text.

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    Salesforce BLIP. Vision-language model for image captioning and visual question answering. Given an image it writes a short natural-language caption, or answers a question about the image when one is supplied. A widely used baseline for automatic captioning.

    โ‰ˆ US$0.00030/run

    75 % cheaper per unit

    Compare Idefics3 8B vs. BLIP
  • pharmapsychotic's CLIP Interrogator. Takes an image and produces a Stable-Diffusion-style text prompt by combining BLIP captioning with CLIP to rank likely subjects, artists, mediums and styles. Commonly used to reverse-engineer a prompt from an existing picture.

    โ‰ˆ US$0.0457/run

    3,708 % more expensive per unit

    Compare Idefics3 8B vs. CLIP Interrogator
  • Monocular depth-estimation model trained on 595k labeled and 62M unlabeled images. Strong zero-shot generalization in indoor and outdoor scenes.

    โ‰ˆ US$0.0050/run

    317 % more expensive per unit

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