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Why use Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Cloudflare Workers AI?
Cloudflare Workers AI offers Llama 3.1 8B Instruct with competitive pricing. Cloudflare is a leading connectivity cloud company that provides a comprehensive suite of cloud-native products and developer tools to enhance web performance, security, and reliability.
Compare Llama 3.1 8B Instruct across 16 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: @cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8Request example
@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "@cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8", not the LLMReference slug "llama3.1-8b-instruct".
Compare Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Across Providers
| Provider | Input (per 1M) | Output (per 1M) |
|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare Workers AI | — | — |
| OctoAI API (Deprecated) | — | — |
| Together AI | $0.18 | $0.18 |
| Fireworks AI | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| NVIDIA NIM | — | — |
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About Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
The Llama 3.1 8B Instruct model, released on July 23, 2024, is a multilingual large language model with 8 billion parameters, optimized for instruction-following tasks. It features an enhanced transformer architecture, supporting languages like English, German, French, and others. The model excels in dialogue applications, having been fine-tuned using supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning with human feedback. Trained on approximately 15 trillion tokens with a December 2023 data cutoff, it outperforms many existing open-source and closed chat models in various benchmarks.