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Why use Phi-3 Vision on NVIDIA NIM?
NVIDIA NIM offers Phi-3 Vision with competitive pricing. NVIDIA NIM is NVIDIA's deployment platform for GPU-accelerated inference microservices.
Compare Phi-3 Vision across 3 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
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Compare Phi-3 Vision Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Foundry | $0.28 | $0.84 |
| Fireworks AI | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| NVIDIA NIM | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Rate |
|---|---|
| GPU Hour Rate | $1.00/GPU·hr |
| GPU Config | 1xH100 |
Capabilities
About Phi-3 Vision
Phi-3 Vision is a sophisticated multimodal AI model from Microsoft, designed to adeptly integrate language and vision capabilities. Unlike traditional language models, it processes both text and images and can perform tasks such as optical character recognition, chart analysis, and image interpretation. Its architecture features an image encoder, a text-image connector, a projector for mapping image features, and the Phi-3 Mini language model. Despite its relatively small size of 4.2 billion parameters, it competes with larger models and suits devices with limited computational power. Phi-3 Vision's ability to handle up to 128K tokens supports complex multimodal reasoning. It draws upon high-quality and synthetic data for training while incorporating essential safety measures.
FAQ
What is the context window for Phi-3 Vision on NVIDIA NIM?
Phi-3 Vision supports a 128,000 token context window on NVIDIA NIM.
How does NVIDIA NIM compare to other Phi-3 Vision providers?
Phi-3 Vision is available from 3 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.2/1M tokens from Fireworks AI.
Who created Phi-3 Vision?
Phi-3 Vision was created by Microsoft Research as part of the Phi-3 model family.
Is Phi-3 Vision open source?
Phi-3 Vision is open source according to the seed data.