Meta Llama 3 8B
meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B
Open Source · chat · open-weights
Context
8.2K
Max output
—
Input $/1M
$0.05
Output $/1M
$0.08
Modalities
text
Released
17 Apr 2024
License: llama3 · meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B
AI summary
● machine-written
Meta Llama 3 8B open-weights text model released April 2024
Meta Llama 3 8B is an 8-billion parameter open-weights model designed for text generation tasks. Released April 17, 2024, it is available under the Llama 3 license and can be deployed locally or via inference providers. The model serves as a lightweight alternative in the Llama 3 family for applications requiring efficient inference.
What's new
- Open-weights model available on Hugging Face with 1.2M+ downloads
- Llama 3 license enables commercial use with acceptance policy compliance
- Supports multiple deployment frameworks (Transformers, vLLM, SGLang)
- Evaluated on MMLU-Pro benchmark (35.36% score)
Best for
Local deployment and edge inferenceText generation applicationsFine-tuning and custom implementationsCost-sensitive production workloads