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Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
meta·meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct·GA·Open weights·llama series
Compact open Llama model for lightweight chat, drafting, and self-hosting
At a glance
Reference price$0.15 / $0.45 per 1M
Cache read — · Neon
Lowest paid$0.025 / $0.025
Inference Gateway · 11× spread
1 more $0 channels
Context131,072
⚠ Providers report 16,000–131,072; the table below is authoritative
Output limit8,192
Capabilities
Reasoning✓ Tool use✓ Structured output✓ TemperatureAttachments
⚠ Providers report capability flags inconsistently
Modalities
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Knowledge cutoff2023-12
Released / updated2024-07-23 / 2024-07-23
Quality & performance
Artificial Analysis doesn't cover this model (267 of 2059 have data). Quality data comes from independent evals covering widely used models.
Available at 13 providers12 with public prices · 1 free
| Provider | Tier | Input | Output | Cache read | Cache write | Context | Output limit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nvidia | First-party | Free | — | — | 16,000 ⚠ | 4,096 | ||
| Inference | Gateway | $0.025 | $0.025 | — | — | 16,000 ⚠ | 4,096 | |
| Kilo Gateway | Gateway | $0.02 | $0.04 | — | — | 131,072 | 131,072 | |
| NovitaAI | Gateway | $0.02 | $0.05 | — | — | 16,384 ⚠ | 16,384 | |
| Abacus meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Gateway | $0.02 | $0.05 | — | — | 128,000 ⚠ | 4,096 | |
| OpenRouter | Gateway | $0.05 | $0.08 | $0.025 | — | 131,072 | 131,072 | |
| Hugging Face meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Cloud | $0.06 | $0.06 | — | — | 131,072 | 4,096 | |
| NanoGPT | Gateway | $0.054 | $0.085 | $0.027 | — | 131,072 | 16,384 | |
| Cortecs | Gateway | $0.167 | $0.167 | — | — | 128,000 ⚠ | 128,000 | |
| Pioneer meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Gateway | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | $0.20 | 128,000 ⚠ | 8,192 | |
Sorted by blended price (input×0.75 + output×0.25) asc. The official channel always shows regardless of rank. Whether a gateway's low price is actually usable can't be verified.
Your usage cost
1Kilo Gateway$6.00
2Inference$6.25
3NovitaAI$6.50
4Abacus$6.50
5OpenRouter$11.00
6NanoGPT$11.87
1 more channels offer $0 (Nvidia); free tiers usually have rate limits and no SLA, excluded from ranking.
The cheapest paid channel is the only channel.
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Price historyone sample accumulated per data sync
Input listOutput listMin blended