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Phi-3-small-8k-instruct
Phi-3-small-8k-instruct is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 21 May 2024. It is generally available. It takes text and returns text.
In inglese
Phi-3-small-8k-instruct is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 21 May 2024. It is generally available. It takes text and returns text. Its weights are open. Its licence is MIT. Its knowledge cutoff is October 2023.
- Released
- 21 May 2024 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Generally available — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Takes
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- MIT — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- Not confirmed: two readings disagree: 8000 and 8192
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The model card shows an example generation setting, but does not print the model's standard maximum output-token limit.
- Knowledge cutoff
- October 2023 — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: No standard API input price for this model is printed on the consulted Microsoft pages.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: No standard API output price for this model is printed on the consulted Microsoft pages.
- Where
- API, Downloadable weights, Cloud marketplaces — github.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- 7,000,000,000 parameters — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Model card
- https://huggingface.co/microsoft/Phi-3-small-8k-instruct — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
Benchmarks
Measured by others, not by the maker: each score with the name the measurer gives the model and the setting it ran, its day and its licence.
Arena
- Text Arena, phi-3-small-8k-instruct: 1,171 (1,165–1,177, 17,766 votes), published 15 October 2026
Arena’s leaderboard dataset (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face), CC BY 4.0: ratings from people’s votes between two anonymous models, as Arena publishes them. Data · CC BY 4.0
Questions
When was Phi-3-small-8k-instruct released?
Microsoft released Phi-3-small-8k-instruct on 21 May 2024.
Is Phi-3-small-8k-instruct still available?
Yes: it is generally available, as Microsoft states it.
Are the weights of Phi-3-small-8k-instruct open?
Yes: Microsoft publishes the weights of Phi-3-small-8k-instruct for download.
What is the licence of Phi-3-small-8k-instruct?
The licence of Phi-3-small-8k-instruct is MIT, as Microsoft names it.
What does Phi-3-small-8k-instruct take and return?
Phi-3-small-8k-instruct takes text and returns text.
What is the knowledge cutoff of Phi-3-small-8k-instruct?
The knowledge cutoff of Phi-3-small-8k-instruct is October 2023.
How many parameters does Phi-3-small-8k-instruct have?
Phi-3-small-8k-instruct has 7,000,000,000 parameters parameters, as Microsoft publishes it.
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Sources
- microsoft/Phi-3-small-8k-instruct · Hugging Face (read 16 October 2026)
- PhiCookBook/md/01.Introduction/01/01.PhiFamily.md at main · microsoft/PhiCookBook · GitHub (read 16 October 2026)
- PhiCookBook/md/02.QuickStart/GitHubModel_QuickStart.md at main · microsoft/PhiCookBook · GitHub (read 16 October 2026)