Llama 3 8B
Previous Gen
Original 8B Llama 3. Used widely as a fine-tune base before 3.1/3.2 arrived.
Llama 3 8B is a efficient AI model from Meta. It costs $0.200 per million input tokens and $0.200 per million output tokens (blended $0.200/M), with a 8,000-token context window.
INPUT
$0.200/M
per million input tokens
OUTPUT
$0.200/M
per million output tokens
CONTEXT
8,000
tokens
What it is good at
- Open weights
- Single-GPU friendly
- Fine-tune ecosystem
Typical use cases
- Fine-tune base
- Legacy Llama 3 deployments
Benchmarks
vs. best public score
Hand-curated from each provider's published reports and public leaderboards. Methodology varies across sources, treat as directional rather than authoritative.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Llama 3 8B cost?
Llama 3 8B costs $0.200 per million input tokens and $0.200 per million output tokens, for a blended reference rate of $0.200 per million tokens.
What is Llama 3 8B's context window?
Llama 3 8B supports up to 8,000 tokens of context in a single request.
What is Llama 3 8B best for?
Llama 3 8B is well suited to Open weights, Single-GPU friendly and Fine-tune ecosystem.
Who makes Llama 3 8B?
Llama 3 8B is developed and served by Meta. It was released in Apr 2024.