Using Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on OpenRouter
Implementation guide · Llama 3.1 · AI at Meta
Quick Start
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- 2Use the OpenRouter SDK or REST API to call
meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct— see the documentation for request format. - 3
Code Examples
About OpenRouter
OpenRouter provides a unified interface for Large Language Models with better pricing, improved uptime, and no subscription requirements. Route across providers for cost optimization and reliability.
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.
Pricing on OpenRouter
| 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. Ideal for commercial and research applications such as conversational agents and content generation, the model can be accessed on Hugging Face .