Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct
Meta's Llama 3 8B Instruct is an extremely affordable small model with tool use and function calling support, but its benchmark scores are low and it has been superseded by the Llama 3.1 8B; it suits only very lightweight, cost-sensitive tasks.
Assessment date: April 16, 2026
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Performance Profile
Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version was optimized for high quality dialogue usecases. It has demonstrated strong..
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text → Text |
| Tokenizer | Llama3 |
| Instruct Type | llama3 |
| Parameters | 8B |
Benchmark Scores
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Model Information
| OpenRouter ID |
meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct
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| Provider | meta-llama |
| Model Family | Llama 3 |
| Release Date | April 18, 2024 |
| Context Length | 8,192 tokens |
| Max Completion | 16,384 tokens |
| Status | Active |
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.03 | $0.000030 |
| Output | $0.04 | $0.000040 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
