Using Llama 3.1 405B Instruct on NVIDIA NIM

Implementation guide · Llama 3.1 · AI at Meta

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NVIDIA NIM exposes Llama 3.1 405B Instruct through model ID llama3.1-405b-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 NVIDIA NIM and generate an API key.
  2. 2
    Use the NVIDIA NIM SDK or REST API to call llama3.1-405b-instruct — see the documentation for request format.
  3. 3
    You'll be billed . See full pricing.

Code Examples

See NVIDIA NIM documentation for integration details.

Pricing on NVIDIA NIM

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

NVIDIA NIM

NVIDIA

Santa Clara, California, United States