# Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct

Provider: meta-llama  
Category: llm  
Model ID: `meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct`

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version was optimized for high quality dialogue usecases. It has demonstrated strong...

## Specs

- Context length: 8192 tokens
- Max output: 16384 tokens
- Modalities: text
- Released: 2024-04-18

## Pricing

- Input: $0.03 per million tokens
- Output: $0.04 per million tokens

## Providers

- **meta-llama** — ctx 8192, input $0.03/M, output $0.04/M

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Last verified: 2026-04-23T23:46:29.618Z  
Canonical URL: https://switchy.build/models/llama-3-8b-instruct