Llama3 Sonar 8B Online

Perplexity chat Free

API ID: perplexity/llama-3-sonar-small-32k-online

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

About Llama3 Sonar 8B Online

Llama3 Sonar is Perplexity's latest model family. It surpasses their earlier Sonar models in cost-efficiency, speed, and performance. This is the online version of the [offline chat model](/models/perplexity/llama-3-sonar-small-32k-chat). It is focused on delivering helpful, up-to-date, and factual responses. #online

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#6 lowest price among 1240 Chat models — Top 20% cheapest!

Model Specifications

Context Length
28k
Max Output
—
Release Date
2024-05-14
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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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="perplexity/llama-3-sonar-small-32k-online",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}
    ]
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

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