phi3:latest

Upstream reference: Phi-3 Mini 4K Instruct

Publisher: Microsoft

Microsoft documents a compact instruction-tuned text model derived from Phi-3 training data and post-trained using supervised tuning and preference optimization.

Publisher-described context, separate from Sigma5C observations and recorded catalog statistics.

Published upstream specifications

Parameters

3.8 billion Source

Named checkpoint context

4K tokens, publisher notation Source

Upstream license label

MIT Source

Publisher-described uses

• Text generation and instruction-following applications in constrained environments. Source

Reference limitations

• The separate 128K checkpoint is not this 4K release. A latest tag and unrelated Phi-4 link in the old page do not resolve the artifact used. Source

A recorded tag and an upstream card association do not verify the deployed checkpoint, quantization, configured context or current hosted availability.

Publisher sources

• Phi-3 Mini 4K Instruct official documentation — Microsoft. Checked 2026-11-02.

Links

Recorded references do not establish downloadable weights, licensing or current availability.

• Microsoft — official site
• Ollama
• Hugging Face
• Hugging Face
• Official model announcement / documentation

Where phi3:latest comes from

Named in 2 observation pages

• 3B-7B local models — all 53 · V1
• Sub-3B local models — all 34 · V1