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Using Nous Llama 3 8B on Microsoft Foundry

Implementation guide · Nous Llama 3 · Nous Research

Open Weights

Microsoft Foundry exposes Nous Llama 3 8B through model ID nous-llama3-8b. 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 Microsoft Foundry and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the Microsoft Foundry SDK or REST API to call nous-llama3-8b — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed $0.37/1M input, $1.10/1M output tokens. See full pricing.
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Code Examples

See Microsoft Foundry documentation for integration details.

Pricing on Microsoft Foundry

TypePrice (per 1M)
Input tokens$0.37
Output tokens$1.10

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

About Nous Llama 3 8B

Nous Llama 3 8B is Nous Research's Nous Llama 3 model. It offers an 8K-token context window.

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Model Specs

Released2024-04-18
Parameters8B
Context8k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2023-12

Provider

Microsoft Foundry
Microsoft Foundry

Microsoft

Redmond, Washington, United States