---
language:
- en
library_name: transformers
license: apache-2.0
tags:
- gpt
- llm
- multimodal large language model
thumbnail: >-
  https://h2o.ai/etc.clientlibs/h2o/clientlibs/clientlib-site/resources/images/favicon.ico
pipeline_tag: text-generation
---
# Model Card
The H2OVL-Mississippi-800M is a compact yet powerful vision-language model from H2O.ai, featuring 0.8 billion parameters. Despite its small size, it delivers state-of-the-art performance in text recognition, excelling in the Text Recognition segment of OCRBench and outperforming much larger models in this domain. Built upon the robust architecture of our H2O-Danube language models, the Mississippi-800M extends their capabilities by seamlessly integrating vision and language tasks.

<div align="center">
  <img src="./assets/text_recognition.png" alt="Mississippi-2B Benchmarks" width="600"/>
</div>

## Key Features:

- 0.8 Billion Parameters: Balance between performance and efficiency, making it suitable for OCR and document processing.
- Trained on 19 million image-text pairs, with a focus on OCR, document comprehension, and chart, figure, and table interpretation, the model is optimized for superior OCR performance.


<div align="center">
  <img src="./assets/perf_size.png" alt="Mississippi-2B Benchmarks" width="600"/>
</div>


## Usage

### Install dependencies:
```bash
pip install transformers torch torchvision einops timm peft sentencepiece flash_attn
```

### Sample demo:

```python
import torch
from transformers import AutoConfig, AutoModel, AutoTokenizer


# Set up the model and tokenizer
model_path = 'h2oai/h2ovl-mississippi-800m'
config = AutoConfig.from_pretrained(model_path, trust_remote_code=True)
config.llm_config._attn_implementation = 'flash_attention_2'
model = AutoModel.from_pretrained(
    model_path,
    torch_dtype=torch.bfloat16,
    config=config,
    low_cpu_mem_usage=True,
    trust_remote_code=True).eval().cuda()
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(model_path, trust_remote_code=True, use_fast=False)
generation_config = dict(max_new_tokens=2048, do_sample=True)

# pure-text conversation
question = 'Hello, how are you?'
response, history = model.chat(tokenizer, None, question, generation_config, history=None, return_history=True)
print(f'User: {question}\nAssistant: {response}')


# Example for single image
image_file = './examples/image.jpg'
question = '<image>\nRead the text in the image.'
response, history = model.chat(tokenizer, image_file, question, generation_config, history=None, return_history=True)
print(f'User: {question}\nAssistant: {response}')


```


## Benchmarks

### Performance Comparison of Similar Sized Models Across Multiple Benchmarks - OpenVLM Leaderboard

| **Models**                 | **Params (B)** | **Avg. Score** | **MMBench** | **MMStar** | **MMMU<sub>VAL</sub>** | **Math Vista** | **Hallusion** | **AI2D<sub>TEST</sub>** | **OCRBench** | **MMVet** |
|----------------------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|------------|-----------------------|----------------|---------------|-------------------------|--------------|-----------|
| Qwen2-VL-2B                | 2.1            | **57.2**       | **72.2**    | 47.5       | 42.2                  | 47.8           | **42.4**      | 74.7                    | **797**      | **51.5**  |
| **H2OVL-Mississippi-2B**    | 2.1            | 54.4           | 64.8        | 49.6       | 35.2                  | **56.8**       | 36.4          | 69.9                    | 782          | 44.7      |
| InternVL2-2B               | 2.1            | 53.9           | 69.6        | **49.8**   | 36.3                  | 46.0           | 38.0          | 74.1                    | 781          | 39.7      |
| Phi-3-Vision               | 4.2            | 53.6           | 65.2        | 47.7       | **46.1**              | 44.6           | 39.0          | **78.4**                 | 637          | 44.1      |
| MiniMonkey                 | 2.2            | 52.7           | 68.9        | 48.1       | 35.7                  | 45.3           | 30.9          | 73.7                    | **794**      | 39.8      |
| MiniCPM-V-2                | 2.8            | 47.9           | 65.8        | 39.1       | 38.2                  | 39.8           | 36.1          | 62.9                    | 605          | 41.0      |
| InternVL2-1B               | 0.8            | 48.3           | 59.7        | 45.6       | 36.7                  | 39.4           | 34.3          | 63.8                    | 755          | 31.5      |
| PaliGemma-3B-mix-448       | 2.9            | 46.5           | 65.6        | 48.3       | 34.9                  | 28.7           | 32.2          | 68.3                    | 614          | 33.1      |
| **H2OVL-Mississippi-0.8B** | 0.8            | 43.5           | 47.7        | 39.1       | 34.0                  | 39.0           | 29.6          | 53.6                    | 751          | 30.0      |
| DeepSeek-VL-1.3B           | 2.0            | 39.6           | 63.8        | 39.9       | 33.8                  | 29.8           | 27.6          | 51.5                    | 413          | 29.2      |


## Acknowledgments

We would like to express our gratitude to the [InternVL team at OpenGVLab](https://github.com/OpenGVLab/InternVL) for their research and codebases, upon which we have built and expanded. We also acknowledge the work of the [LLaVA team](https://github.com/haotian-liu/LLaVA) and the [Monkey team](https://github.com/Yuliang-Liu/Monkey/tree/main/project/mini_monkey) for their insights and techniques used in improving multimodal models.

## Disclaimer

Please read this disclaimer carefully before using the large language model provided in this repository. Your use of the model signifies your agreement to the following terms and conditions.

- Biases and Offensiveness: The large language model is trained on a diverse range of internet text data, which may contain biased, racist, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate content. By using this model, you acknowledge and accept that the generated content may sometimes exhibit biases or produce content that is offensive or inappropriate. The developers of this repository do not endorse, support, or promote any such content or viewpoints.
- Limitations: The large language model is an AI-based tool and not a human. It may produce incorrect, nonsensical, or irrelevant responses. It is the user's responsibility to critically evaluate the generated content and use it at their discretion.
- Use at Your Own Risk: Users of this large language model must assume full responsibility for any consequences that may arise from their use of the tool. The developers and contributors of this repository shall not be held liable for any damages, losses, or harm resulting from the use or misuse of the provided model.
- Ethical Considerations: Users are encouraged to use the large language model responsibly and ethically. By using this model, you agree not to use it for purposes that promote hate speech, discrimination, harassment, or any form of illegal or harmful activities.
- Reporting Issues: If you encounter any biased, offensive, or otherwise inappropriate content generated by the large language model, please report it to the repository maintainers through the provided channels. Your feedback will help improve the model and mitigate potential issues.
- Changes to this Disclaimer: The developers of this repository reserve the right to modify or update this disclaimer at any time without prior notice. It is the user's responsibility to periodically review the disclaimer to stay informed about any changes.

By using the large language model provided in this repository, you agree to accept and comply with the terms and conditions outlined in this disclaimer. If you do not agree with any part of this disclaimer, you should refrain from using the model and any content generated by it.