Using Llama 3.1 405B Instruct on Fireworks AI

Implementation guide · Llama 3.1 · AI at Meta

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Fireworks AI exposes Llama 3.1 405B Instruct through model ID accounts/fireworks/models/llama-v3p1-405b-instruct. Use the setup steps, sourced pricing, capabilities, and official provider links below to validate this route before deployment.

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Quick Start

  1. 1
    Create an account at Fireworks AI and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Fireworks AI SDK or REST API to call accounts/fireworks/models/llama-v3p1-405b-instruct — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $3.00/1M input, $3.00/1M output tokens. See full pricing.

Code Examples

Install
pip install openai
API key
FIREWORKS_API_KEY
Model ID
accounts/fireworks/models/llama-v3p1-405b-instruct

Fireworks model IDs use "accounts/fireworks/models/{model-name}" format, e.g. "accounts/fireworks/models/llama4-scout-instruct-basic" or "accounts/fireworks/models/deepseek-r1".

import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key=os.environ["FIREWORKS_API_KEY"],
    base_url="https://api.fireworks.ai/inference/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="accounts/fireworks/models/llama-v3p1-405b-instruct",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Pricing on Fireworks AI

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$3.00
Output tokens$3.00

Capabilities

Structured Outputs

About Llama 3.1 405B Instruct

Llama 3.1 405B Instruct is Meta's advanced large language model released on July 23, 2024, featuring 405 billion parameters. It utilizes an optimized transformer architecture with supervised fine-tuning and reinforcement learning for enhanced instruction-following capabilities. The model supports multiple languages, was trained on 15 trillion tokens, and fine-tuned with 25 million synthetic examples. It excels in multilingual dialogue and text generation, making it ideal for assistant-like applications. Llama 3.1 incorporates robust safety measures and ethical considerations, outperforming many existing models on various industry benchmarks.

Model Specs

Released2024-07-23
Parameters405B
Context128k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2023-12

Provider

Fireworks AI

San Mateo, California, United States