dots3-note Multimodal Model Released: 280B Params, 512K Context
jacek2023 · reddit · 2026-08-14
dots-studio has released dots3-note preview, the first open-weight model in the dots3 family, now available on Hugging Face.
Key Specs:
- Features a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) architecture with 280B total parameters and 16B activated parameters.
- Supports an ultra-long context length of up to 512K tokens.
- Natively understands text, images, video, and audio, producing text outputs.
Capabilities: Optimized for a broad range of tasks including general instruction following, mathematical and logical reasoning, tool use with multi-step agent workflows, and long-context processing. As the most lightweight member of the dots3 family, it offers specific trade-offs among capability, latency, and inference cost.
Related event: Xiaohongshu Open-Sources dots3-note 280B Multimodal Model(14 posts)→
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