Using Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Vercel AI Gateway
Implementation guide · Llama 3.1 · AI at Meta
Vercel AI Gateway exposes Llama 3.1 8B Instruct through model ID meta/llama-3.1-8b. 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
- 2Use the Vercel AI Gateway SDK or REST API to call
meta/llama-3.1-8b— see the documentation for request format. - 3
Code Examples
pip install openaiAI_GATEWAY_API_KEYmeta/llama-3.1-8bcreator/model-name e.g. kwaipilot/kat-coder-pro-v2
import os
from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(
api_key=os.environ["AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY"],
base_url="https://ai-gateway.vercel.sh/v1"
)
response = client.chat.completions.create(
model="meta/llama-3.1-8b",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)Pricing on Vercel AI Gateway
| Type | Price (per 1M) |
|---|---|
| Input tokens | $0.22 |
| Output tokens | $0.22 |
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.