Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on NVIDIA NIM
Llama 3.1 · AI at Meta
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Why use Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on NVIDIA NIM?
NVIDIA NIM offers Llama 3.1 8B Instruct. NVIDIA NIM is NVIDIA's deployment platform for GPU-accelerated inference microservices.
Compare Llama 3.1 8B Instruct across 17 providers to find the best fit for your use caseSetup recipe
Docs fallbackUse the provider REST API or SDKCreate a provider API keymodel: meta/llama-3.1-8b-instructmeta/llama-3.1-8b-instructRequest example
meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", 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 | $0.15 | $0.29 |
| 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.