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7B parameters
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Multimodal
Reviewed October 2026

LLaVA-OneVision 7B

LLaVA-OneVision unified single-image / multi-image / video VLM on Qwen 2 base.

License: Apache 2.0·Released Aug 6, 2024·Context: 32,768 tokens

Overview

LLaVA-OneVision unified single-image / multi-image / video VLM on Qwen 2 base.

Family & lineage

How this model relates to others in its lineage. Family members share architecture and training-data roots; parent / children edges record direct distillation or fine-tune relationships.

Strengths

  • Single-image + video support
  • Apache 2.0

Weaknesses

  • Qwen 2.5-VL 7B is sharper for most tasks

Quantization variants

Each quantization trades model quality for file size and VRAM. Q4_K_M is the most popular starting point.

QuantizationFile sizeVRAM required
Q4_K_M4.5 GB7 GB

Get the model

HuggingFace

Original weights

huggingface.co/lmms-lab/llava-onevision-qwen2-7b-ov

Source repository — direct quantization required.

Hardware that runs this

Cards with enough VRAM for at least one quantization of LLaVA-OneVision 7B.

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Frequently asked

What's the minimum VRAM to run LLaVA-OneVision 7B?

7GB of VRAM is enough to run LLaVA-OneVision 7B at the Q4_K_M quantization (file size 4.5 GB). Higher-quality quantizations need more.

Can I use LLaVA-OneVision 7B commercially?

Yes — LLaVA-OneVision 7B ships under the Apache 2.0, which permits commercial use. Always read the license text before deployment.

What's the context length of LLaVA-OneVision 7B?

LLaVA-OneVision 7B supports a context window of 32,768 tokens (about 33K).

Does LLaVA-OneVision 7B support images?

Yes — LLaVA-OneVision 7B is multimodal and accepts text + vision + video inputs. Vision support requires a runner that handles its image-conditioning architecture.

Source: huggingface.co/lmms-lab/llava-onevision-qwen2-7b-ov

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Before you buy

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