multimodal LLM
FastVLM 7B
FastVLM 7B, a checkpoint of the FastVLM family. Vision language models with a hybrid vision encoder that emits fewer tokens for high-resolution images, cutting time to first token on devices.
Levelvariant
Classmultimodal LLM
Parameters7.76B
Contextnot in the notes
Released25 Aug 2025
Opennessopen weights restricted
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive
Identity
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.
Architecture and Size
- Architecture
- hybrid
- Total parameters
- 7.76B sources
- Active parameters
- –
- Checkpoint parameters
- –
- Note
- Parameter count from the safetensors index on Hugging Face.
- Context length
- not in the notes
- Input
- text, image
- Output
- text
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).
Openness and Access
- Openness
- open weights restricted
- Licence
- Apple Machine Learning Research Model License (apple-amlr) sources
- Access routes
- open weights download
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.
Deployment
- Runs on
- not in the notes
- Footprint
- not in the notes
- Runtimes
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.
Indonesia
- Indonesian support
- not stated
- Regional languages
- not in the notes
- Jakarta hosting
- unknown
- Languages
- not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.
Benchmark Results
The notes record no benchmark result for this model.
Lineage
The notes record no lineage for this model.
Industry Use Cases
No industry use case links this model.
Links
DeveloperApplebig tech, USA
Applebig tech, USAModelFastVLM 7BApple, multimodal LLM
FastVLM 7BApple, multimodal LLMUse CasesIndustrial Copilots and Maintenance AssistantsIndustrialIndonesian and Regional-Language LLMsPublic SectorTelecom Domain LLMs and BenchmarksTelecomRobot Inspection with Instrument ReadingIndustrial+1 moreUse cases of models in the same R&D topic; none is recorded for this model itself.
Who Runs It
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026
Siemens Erlangen electronics factoryPlanned, 6 Jan 2026
ADNOC OffshoreIn production, 9 Sep 2025
Aker BPIn production, 9 Sep 2025+10 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.
PT Pertamina Geothermal EnergyIn production, 14 Jul 2026Siemens Erlangen electronics factoryPlanned, 6 Jan 2026ADNOC OffshoreIn production, 9 Sep 2025Aker BPIn production, 9 Sep 2025+10 moreDeployments of these use cases; none names this model.Organisations 1
Sources
- arxiv.org/abs/2412.13303 https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.13303
- huggingface.co/apple/FastVLM-7B https://huggingface.co/apple/FastVLM-7B
- huggingface.co/apple/FastVLM-0.5B https://huggingface.co/apple/FastVLM-0.5B
To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "FastVLM 7B", https://aurion.semai.id/models/apple-fastvlm-7b/, records of October 2026.