Llama 3 8B (Base)

Meta chat Free

API ID: meta-llama/llama-3-8b

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Input Price
Free
/1M tokens
Output Price
Free
/1M tokens

About Llama 3 8B (Base)

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This is the base 8B pre-trained version. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to leading closed-source models in human evaluations. To read more about the model release, [click here](https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3/). Usage of this model is subject to [Meta's Acceptable Use Policy](https://llama.meta.com/llama3/use-policy/).

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Model Specifications

Context Length
8k
Max Output
—
Release Date
2024-05-13
Capabilities
chat
Input Modalities
text
Output Modalities
text

Best For

  • Conversations, content writing, general assistance

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  • Image understanding (needs vision capability)
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Get started with Llama 3 8B (Base) API

OpenAI-compatible SDK 
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.provider.com/v1",
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="meta-llama/llama-3-8b",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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