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Meta: Llama 3 8B (Base)

meta-llama/llama-3-8b

Model weights

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This is the base 8B pre-trained version.

It has demonstrated strong performance compared to leading closed-source models in human evaluations.

To read more about the model release, click hereOpens in new tab. Usage of this model is subject to Meta's Acceptable Use PolicyOpens in new tab.

Modalities
Context
8K
Released
May 13, 2024
Knowledge Cutoff
Dec 2023
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Activity

Token volume and request traffic to this model over time.

Not currently available through EU in-region routing. In-region routing docs

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Frequently asked questions

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This is the base 8B pre-trained version. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to leading closed-source models in human evaluations. To read more about the model release, click here. Usage of this model is subject to Meta's Acceptable Use Policy.

Llama 3 8B (Base) has a 8,192 token context window.

Llama Guard 4 12B, Llama 4 Maverick, Llama 4 Scout and 5 more are other text models from Meta Llama.

Llama 3 8B (Base) was released on May 13, 2024. Its knowledge cutoff is December 31, 2023.