BLIP-2
by Salesforce
Efficient vision-language model with strong zero-shot capabilities.
Quick Facts
- Model Size
- 7.8B
- Context Length
- 2K tokens
- Release Date
- Jan 2023
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Provider
- Salesforce
- KYI Score
- 7.9/10
Best For
Performance Metrics
Speed
Quality
Cost Efficiency
Specifications
- Parameters
- 7.8B
- Context Length
- 2K tokens
- License
- BSD-3-Clause
- Pricing
- free
- Release Date
- January 30, 2023
- Category
- multimodal
Key Features
Pros & Cons
Pros
- ✓Efficient
- ✓Good zero-shot
- ✓BSD license
- ✓Research-backed
Cons
- !Lower quality than newer models
- !Limited capabilities
Ideal Use Cases
Image captioning
Visual Q&A
Zero-shot tasks
Research
BLIP-2 FAQ
What is BLIP-2 best used for?
BLIP-2 excels at Image captioning, Visual Q&A, Zero-shot tasks. Efficient, making it ideal for production applications requiring multimodal capabilities.
How does BLIP-2 compare to other models?
BLIP-2 has a KYI score of 7.9/10, with 7.8B parameters. It offers efficient and good zero-shot. Check our comparison pages for detailed benchmarks.
What are the system requirements for BLIP-2?
BLIP-2 with 7.8B requires appropriate GPU memory. Smaller quantized versions can run on consumer hardware, while full precision models need enterprise GPUs. Context length is 2K tokens.
Is BLIP-2 free to use?
Yes, BLIP-2 is free and licensed under BSD-3-Clause. You can deploy it on your own infrastructure without usage fees or API costs, giving you full control over your AI deployment.