How do you use Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct can be called through OpenRouter's OpenAI-compatible API using the model ID meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct. This page includes a ready-to-run curl example and the supported parameter list.

Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct free?

Llama 3.1 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 3.1 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 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.

16K context

$0.020/M input

$0.050/M output

Llama 3.1 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 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version is fast and efficient. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to...

What is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.1 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 3.1 8B Instruct against other models for agent workflows and production deployments.

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Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version is fast and efficient. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to...

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Supported Parameters

frequency_penaltylogprobsmax_tokensmin_ppresence_penaltyrepetition_penaltyresponse_formatseedstopstructured_outputstemperaturetool_choicetoolstop_ktop_logprobstop_p

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