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Why use Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Microsoft Foundry?
Microsoft Foundry offers Llama 3.1 8B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.30/1M input tokens. Microsoft Foundry is a unified Azure platform-as-a-service offering for enterprise AI operations, model builders, and application development.
Compare Llama 3.1 8B Instruct across 16 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
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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 | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.30 |
| Output tokens | $0.61 |
Capabilities
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.