Phi-3 Medium 4K Instruct

Microsoft chat Free

API ID: microsoft/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct

Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Phi-3 Medium 4K Instruct

Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct is Microsoft's efficient language model, demonstrating that smaller models can achieve remarkable capability through careful training. With 14 billion parameters, it delivers performance approaching much larger models on reasoning and coding tasks. The model features a 128K context window—exceptional for its size—enabling analysis of substantial documents and codebases. Phi-3 Medium excels at general reasoning, mathematics, and code generation, achieving competitive scores on benchmarks typically dominated by larger models. Its efficient architecture enables deployment on consumer hardware and cost-effective cloud instances. The model is available as open weights, supporting fine-tuning and customization. For developers seeking capable AI with minimal resource requirements, Phi-3 Medium demonstrates Microsoft's research into efficient model architectures. It's particularly valuable for local deployment, edge computing, and applications where compute efficiency matters.

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Model Specifications

Context Length
4k
Max Output
Release Date
2024-06-15
Capabilities
chat
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

Consider Alternatives For

  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
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🚀 Quick Start

Get started with Phi-3 Medium 4K Instruct API

OpenAI-compatible SDK
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="microsoft/phi-3-medium-4k-instruct",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)