Model reference · open weights
sapiens-pretrain is an open-weight embedding model from Meta. sapiens-pretrain-0.3b (BF16) weighs 1.2 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 3060 12 GB.
For self-hosting, compare this build's requirements below with the GPU you plan to rent.
Summary of the facebook/sapiens-pretrain-0.3b model card, 2026-10-28
What it is
| Released by | Meta |
|---|---|
| Released | 2024-09-10 |
| VRAM | 1.2 GB for the weights |
What it runs on
| Card | Runs | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | fits | 11.6 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | fits | 15.4 GB |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 5090 32 GB | fits | 31.0 GB |
| L40S 48 GB | fits | 44.0 GB |
| A100 80 GB | fits | 78.2 GB |
| H100 80 GB | fits | 78.1 GB |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | fits | 93.8 GB |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | fits | 107 GB |
| H200 141 GB | fits | 138 GB |
| B200 180 GB | fits | 176 GB |
From the model card
Sapiens is a family of vision transformers pretrained on 300 million human images at 1024 x 1024 image resolution. The pretrained models, when finetuned for human-centric vision tasks, generalize to in-the-wild conditions. Sapiens-0.3B natively support 1K high-resolution inference. The resulting models exhibit remarkable generalization to in-the-wild data, even when labeled data is scarce or entirely synthetic.
Pretrained 0.3B model can be used for feature extraction, fine-tuning, or as a starting point for training new models.
Quoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.
How it works