Kimi-K3 adds image-text-to-text support at 8-bit precision on GPU stacks
petrusenko_max · x · 2026-07-28
moonshotai’s Kimi-K3 is shown supporting image-text-to-text tasks at 8-bit precision, with examples for running it on GPU through Transformers, vLLM, or SGLang.
- The post highlights both local deployment and API usage examples.
- The key claim is that the model can handle image+text input while remaining practical to run in common GPU inference stacks.
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