Llama 3.1 8B
Open Weights
Meta
Meta's smallest and most efficient Llama 3.1 model, optimized for edge deployment and resource-constrained environments. Features 128K context window despite compact size. Can run on consumer GPUs (single RTX 4090 or similar) and even high-end consumer CPUs with quantization. Maintains surprisingly strong performance for its size while enabling local deployment, privacy-focused applications, and low-cost API hosting. Ideal for applications requiring on-device AI or minimal latency.
Strengths
- Runs on consumer hardware - single RTX 4090 or high-end CPU with quantization
- Extremely low API costs ($0.05-$0.20 per 1M tokens)
- 128K context window despite compact 8B parameter size
- Enables privacy-focused local deployment and on-device AI
- Permissive license for commercial use and customization
- Minimal latency with local deployment (no API roundtrip)
- Strong performance relative to size - competitive with larger models on many tasks
Caveats
- Lower capabilities than 70B and 405B variants for complex reasoning
- No vision or audio support (text-only)
- 4K max output tokens standard for the series
- May struggle with highly specialized or technical domains
- Quantization required for CPU deployment reduces quality further
- Vendor
- Meta
- Context Window
- 128,000 tokens
- Max Output
- 4,096 tokens
- License
- Llama 3.1 Community License
- Release Date
- 2024-07-23
- Modalities
- text
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Video
Tool Use
Pricing
Open weights - free to download. Runs on consumer hardware. API providers typically $0.05-$0.20 per 1M input tokens