metadata
license: apache-2.0
library_name: coreml
pipeline_tag: depth-estimation
base_model: depth-anything/DA3-BASE
base_model_relation: quantized
tags:
- coreml
- core-ml
- ios
- macos
- apple
- on-device
- monocular-depth
- dinov2
- arxiv:2511.10647
Depth Anything 3 Base (504×504) — Core ML
ByteDance-Seed, ICLR 2026 oral
Relative monocular depth from a single image. DA3 Main Series, Base (0.12B params, DINOv2 ViT-B/14 + DualDPT head). Higher quality than Small at ~3× the model size.

Core ML conversion of ByteDance-Seed/Depth-Anything-3 for on-device inference on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Converted with coremltools; the packages are stateless, so all sequencing and buffering lives in your Swift code.
| Task | depth estimation |
| Upstream | ByteDance-Seed/Depth-Anything-3 |
| Packages | 1 |
| Download size | 173 MB |
| Minimum iOS | 17.0 |
| Peak RAM | ~700 MB |
Files
| File | Size | Compute units | SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
DepthAnythingV3_base_504.mlpackage.zip |
173 MB | all |
cd96d12b7d14fb92… |
| Total | 173 MB |
compute_units is not a suggestion -- it is the configuration the conversion was verified against. Moving a package to a different compute unit can silently change the numerics (FP16 attention overflow) or crash on the GPU.
Download
hf download mlboydaisuke/coreml-zoo --include "depth_anything_v3/*" --local-dir ./depth_anything_v3_base_504
unzip './depth_anything_v3_base_504/depth_anything_v3/*.zip' -d ./depth_anything_v3_base_504
Use in Swift
import CoreML
let config = MLModelConfiguration()
config.computeUnits = .all // as converted — see the table above
// Unzip the .mlpackage, drop it into your Xcode target and Xcode compiles it
// at build time:
let model = try DepthAnythingV3_base_504(configuration: config)
// ...or compile a downloaded .mlpackage at runtime:
let compiled = try await MLModel.compileModel(at: mlpackageURL)
let model = try MLModel(contentsOf: compiled, configuration: config)
Demo
- Models Zoo — this model is downloadable and runnable inside the Models Zoo app on the App Store, no build required.
Conversion
- Script:
convert_depth_anything_v3.py - Pitfalls hit during conversion (FP16 overflow, ANE buffer limits, stride handling):
docs/coreml_conversion_notes.md - Model index: CoreML-Models
License
The conversion inherits the upstream license: Apache-2.0.
Credits
- Upstream authors: ByteDance-Seed/Depth-Anything-3, 2025
- Core ML conversion: john-rocky (Daisuke Majima)