Using Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct on NVIDIA NIM

Implementation guide · Swallow · Tokyo Institute of Technology

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NVIDIA NIM exposes Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct through model ID institute-of-science-tokyo/llama-3.1-swallow-8b-instruct-v0.1. 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 NVIDIA NIM and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the NVIDIA NIM SDK or REST API to call institute-of-science-tokyo/llama-3.1-swallow-8b-instruct-v0.1 — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed . See full pricing.
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Code Examples

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Capabilities

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About Llama 3.1 Swallow 8B Instruct

Japanese bilingual model from Institute of Science Tokyo, fine-tuned from Llama 3.1 8B.

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Model Specs

Released2025-01-01
Parameters8B
Context4k
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2023

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