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InternLM is a series of large language models accompanied by a public code repository, model release links, model cards, technical information, a chat web interface and API documentation.

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Understand the project

Practical overview

When it fits

Use the repository and linked resources when selecting an InternLM release, reviewing its model information, or identifying a chat or API route for an application.

Who it is for

  • Developers evaluating language models for conversational applications.
  • Researchers and practitioners exploring model releases, fine-tuning or long-context text tasks.

Documented uses

  • Compare InternLM model releases and find their associated model resources.
  • Try conversational use through the linked chat interface.
  • Explore API integration or self-hosted use of an InternLM model.
Before you choose

Requirements & limits

The repository is public and identifies the project license as Apache-2.0. It links to a chat web interface and API documentation.

  • Releases vary by model size and tuning, so consult the relevant model card when selecting a checkpoint.
  • InternLM3-8B-Instruct is described as supporting both normal response and deep-thinking modes.
  • The repository is Python-based and links model resources through Hugging Face and other platforms.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Run InternLM3-8B-Instruct conversation inference with Transformers

Load InternLM3-8B-Instruct and generate a response to a conversational prompt locally.

Before you start

  • Python >= 3.8
  • PyTorch >= 1.12.0 (2.0.0 and above recommended)
  • Transformers >= 4.38
  • A device with enough memory to load the model; the README warns that float32 loading might cause an out-of-memory error and notes that 4-bit loading uses nearly 8 GB of GPU memory.

Steps

  1. Load the tokenizer for internlm/internlm3-8b-instruct with trust_remote_code=True.

  2. Load the model with AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained, trust_remote_code=True, and torch_dtype=torch.float16, then set it to evaluation mode.

  3. Prepare system and user messages, and tokenize them using tokenizer.apply_chat_template with add_generation_prompt=True and return_tensors="pt".

  4. Generate with model.generate, remove the input token IDs from the generated IDs, and decode the response with tokenizer.batch_decode.

Expected outcome

The example decodes and prints the prompt and generated response.

Guide limitations

  • The README cautions that loading as float32 might cause an out-of-memory error.
  • For low-resource devices, the README describes optional 4-bit or 8-bit loading with bitsandbytes; it estimates nearly 8 GB of GPU memory for 4-bit InternLM3 8B.
  • The example documents local Transformers inference, not a hosted deployment.
Source-based practical guide

Run local batch inference with InternLM3-8B-Instruct using LMDeploy

Generate a response locally by passing a prompt to an LMDeploy pipeline.

Before you start

  • The documented setup installs LMDeploy with pip install lmdeploy.
  • The example uses the model internlm/internlm3-8b-instruct.

Steps

  1. Install LMDeploy using the command below.

    Documented command
    pip install lmdeploy
  2. Create an LMDeploy pipeline for internlm/internlm3-8b-instruct.

  3. Pass a prompt to the pipeline and print the returned response.

Expected outcome

The example prints a response to the prompt.

Guide limitations

  • The recipe documents local batch inference only; it does not specify hardware requirements or provide a performance guarantee.
Evidence and transparency

Sources & review

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7 October 2026
Original website title
InternLM/InternLM · Official homepage title · retained in its source language