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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on GroqCloud

Llama 3.1 · AI at Meta

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Why use Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on GroqCloud?

GroqCloud offers Llama 3.1 8B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.05/1M input tokens. Groq is a company specializing in AI inference technology, particularly with their flagship product, the Language Processing Unit (LPU™).

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$0.050
Output / 1M
$0.080
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Compare Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Across Providers

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)
OctoAI API (Deprecated)$0.15$0.15
Together AI$0.18$0.18
Fireworks AI$0.20$0.20
NVIDIA NIM
GroqCloud$0.05$0.08
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TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.05
Output tokens$0.08

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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. Ideal for commercial and research applications such as conversational agents and content generation, the model can be accessed on Hugging Face .

FAQ

What does Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cost on GroqCloud?

On GroqCloud, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs $0.05 per 1M input tokens and $0.08 per 1M output tokens.

What is the context window for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on GroqCloud?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct supports a 128,000 token context window on GroqCloud.

How does GroqCloud compare to other Llama 3.1 8B Instruct providers?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available from 14 providers. The cheapest input pricing is $0.02/1M tokens from OpenRouter.

Who created Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct was created by AI at Meta as part of the Llama 3.1 model family.

Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct open source?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is open source according to the seed data.

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