---
title: North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit
canonical_url: "https://www.modelscope.cn/models/mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit"
md_url: "https://www.modelscope.cn/models/mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit.md"
repository: mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit
last_updated: 2026-08-12
license: apache-2.0
pipeline_tag: image-text-to-text
tasks:
  - image-text-to-text
model_type:
  - cohere_compass
architectures:
  - CohereCompassForConditionalGeneration
base_model:
  - CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct
base_model_relation: quantized
parameters: 1.1B
tensor_type:
  - BF16
  - U32
library_name:
  - mlx
  - safetensors
  - pytorch
frameworks:
  - pytorch
language:
  - en
downloads: 25
stars: 0
tags:
  - mlx
  - mlx-vlm
  - vision-language
  - multimodal
  - cohere
  - north
  - quantized
---

# North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit

> North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit - mlx-community 在 ModelScope 开源的模型。North Micro Vision Instruct — 8-bit affine (MLX)

mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit 是 ModelScope 魔搭社区上的 1.1B 参数image-text-to-text模型，采用 apache-2.0 许可，基于 CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct 构建。

- **Repository**: mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit
- **License**: apache-2.0
- **Tasks**: image-text-to-text
- **Parameters**: 1.1B
- **Base model**: CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct
- **Tags**: mlx, mlx-vlm, vision-language, multimodal, cohere, north, quantized
- **Downloads**: 25
- **Stars**: 0
- **Last updated**: 2026-08-12

Source: https://www.modelscope.cn/models/mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit

---

# North Micro Vision Instruct — 8-bit affine (MLX)

This repository contains an Apple MLX conversion of
[CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct). 8-bit affine MLX quantization with group size 64.

It belongs to the
[North Vision MLX collection](https://huggingface.co/collections/mlx-community/north-vision-6a7c9be6ccc1cd992a83aecb), which includes BF16, affine
4/5/6/8-bit, MXFP4, MXFP8, and NVFP4 variants.

## Conversion details

- Source: [CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct)
- Format: MLX / MLX-VLM
- Quantization: bits: 8; group size: 64; mode: affine
- MLX-VLM source revision: main at 7ee8eba3

The repository was regenerated and uploaded directly with the MLX-VLM
conversion CLI:

~~~bash
python -m mlx_vlm convert \
  --hf-path CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct \
  --mlx-path North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit \
  --quantize --q-bits 8 --q-group-size 64 --q-mode affine \
  --upload-repo mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit
~~~

## Usage

Cohere Compass support is available on the current MLX-VLM main branch.
Install it directly from GitHub:

~~~bash
pip install -U "mlx-vlm @ git+https://github.com/Blaizzy/mlx-vlm.git"
~~~

Run vision-language inference:

~~~bash
mlx_vlm.generate \
  --model mlx-community/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct-8bit \
  --image /path/to/image.jpg \
  --prompt "Describe this image." \
  --max-tokens 512 \
  --temperature 0.0
~~~

You can also pass an image URL to --image.

## Notes

- MLX is optimized for Apple silicon.
- This repository changes the storage precision/quantization, not the source
  model architecture or intended behavior.
- Refer to the
  [original model card](https://huggingface.co/CohereLabs/North-Micro-Vision-Instruct) for capabilities,
  limitations, licensing context, and responsible-use guidance.