Question 1

What is Llama 3.1 8B?

Accepted Answer

Llama 3.1 8B is Meta's lightweight open-weight model from the Llama 3.1 generation, optimized for efficient deployment on consumer hardware and edge devices. Despite its compact 8-billion-parameter size, it delivers strong performance on instruction following, text summarization, and lightweight coding tasks. Lllama 3.1 8B is the most downloaded model in the Llama family and runs efficiently on laptops, single GPUs, and CPU via quantization — making it the default choice for on-device AI applications and local prototyping.

Question 2

How much does Llama 3.1 8B cost?

Accepted Answer

Llama 3.1 8B is priced at $0.04 per million input tokens and $0.04 per million output tokens.

Question 3

What is Llama 3.1 8B's context window?

Accepted Answer

Llama 3.1 8B supports a context window of 131,072 tokens, allowing it to process approximately 175 words in a single request.

Question 4

Is Llama 3.1 8B available via API?

Accepted Answer

Yes, Llama 3.1 8B is available via API. Developers can integrate it directly into their applications through Meta's API platform.

Llama 3.1 8B

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