Llama 3 8B Instruct on Databricks Foundation Model Serving
Llama 3 · AI at Meta
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Compare Llama 3 8B Instruct Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Bedrock | $0.30 | $0.60 |
| DeepInfra | $0.02 | $0.05 |
| OctoAI API (Deprecated) | — | — |
| Fireworks AI | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| Alibaba Cloud PAI-EAS | — | — |
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About Llama 3 8B Instruct
The Llama 3 8B Instruct model, released on April 18, 2024, is Meta's latest instruction-following language model with 8 billion parameters. It utilizes an auto-regressive transformer architecture with Grouped-Query Attention for improved scalability. Trained on over 15 trillion tokens and fine-tuned with 10 million human-annotated examples, it excels in dialogue and conversational tasks. The model outperforms its predecessors on industry benchmarks, scoring 68.4 on MMLU (5-shot). Designed for commercial and research applications, it prioritizes safety and helpfulness, making it suitable for chatbots, virtual assistants, and other interactive AI applications. For more details, visit the Hugging Face page [1].