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Why use Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on OpenRouter?
OpenRouter offers Llama 3.1 8B Instruct with pay-as-you-go pricing at $0.02/1M input tokens. OpenRouter is a multi-provider LLM aggregator offering unified API access to 300+ models from all major labs and emerging providers, with automatic failover for reliability.
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/llama-3.1-8b-instructmeta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instructRequest example
meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct.Gotchas
- Use provider model ID "meta-llama/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 | — | — |
| OctoAI API (Deprecated) | — | — |
| Together AI | $0.18 | $0.18 |
| Fireworks AI | $0.20 | $0.20 |
| NVIDIA NIM | — | — |
Pricing
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.02 |
| Output tokens | $0.05 |
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.