LightOnOCR-3 0.8B
LightOnOCR-3-0.8B is the lightest model of LightOn's LightOnOCR-3 family, with the same layout and visual understanding features as its larger siblings.
- Capability
- —No ECI score yet
- Input
- —No listed price
- Output
- —No listed price
- Context
- 262K16K max output
What it costs
No per-token price is published for this model yet.
No per-token price is listed for this model on models.dev.
Independent benchmarks
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for LightOnOCR-3 0.8B yet.
The details
- Lab
- LightOn
- Released
- Oct 8, 2026
- Context window
- 262,144 tokens
- Max output
- 16,384 tokens
- Inputs
- Text, Images
- Output
- Text
- Reasoning
- No
- Tool calling
- No
- Structured output
- No
- Weights
- Open weights · apache-2.0
- Availability
- 1 API providerlisted on models.dev
What LightOn claims
Published by the lab at launch. Settings vary, so compare these only with care.
About LightOnOCR-3 0.8B
How much does LightOnOCR-3 0.8B cost?
LightOnOCR-3 0.8B has no published per-token API price on models.dev yet.
What is the context window of LightOnOCR-3 0.8B?
LightOnOCR-3 0.8B accepts up to 262,144 tokens per request and can write up to 16,384 tokens in one response.
How good is LightOnOCR-3 0.8B?
Epoch AI has not published a Capabilities Index score for LightOnOCR-3 0.8B yet.
Is LightOnOCR-3 0.8B open source?
Yes. LightOn publishes the weights under the apache-2.0 licence, so it can be downloaded and self-hosted.
What inputs does LightOnOCR-3 0.8B support?
LightOnOCR-3 0.8B accepts text and images and replies in text. It is not a dedicated reasoning model, does not support tool calling.
When was LightOnOCR-3 0.8B released?
LightOn released LightOnOCR-3 0.8B on Oct 8, 2026.
What are the best alternatives to LightOnOCR-3 0.8B?
The closest current models from other labs on capability, price and release date are MiniCPM-V 4.7 35B-A3B (OpenBMB), Beam 1.0 501B A23B (Reflection AI, $0.30 / $1.00), Muse Wonder Full (Meta) and Kolibri 1 (Aleph Alpha, $0.164 / $0.574).