How do you use Llama 3 8B Instruct?

Llama 3 8B Instruct can be called through OpenRouter's OpenAI-compatible API using the model ID meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct. This page includes a ready-to-run curl example and the supported parameter list.

Is Llama 3 8B Instruct free?

Llama 3 8B Instruct is a paid model in the OpenRouter catalog, with separate input and output token pricing shown on this page.

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Q: What is Llama 3 8B Instruct?

Llama 3 8B Instruct is an AI model from Meta in the Llama series. Agent Mag tracks its context window, pricing, modalities, and supported API parameters on this page.

8K context

$0.030/M input

$0.040/M output

Llama 3 8B Instruct is an AI model from Meta built for agent workflows, with support for text input and text output. Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version was optimized for high quality dialogue usecases. It has demonstrated strong...

What is Llama 3 8B Instruct?

Llama 3 8B Instruct is an AI model from Meta that Agent Mag tracks for pricing, context window, modalities, benchmarks, and API compatibility. Builders can use this page to compare Llama 3 8B Instruct against other models for agent workflows and production deployments.

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Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version was optimized for high quality dialogue usecases. It has demonstrated strong...

Modalities

Input

text

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text

Supported Parameters

frequency_penaltylogit_biasmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstoptemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_p

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