Llama 3 8B
LegacyAffordableRun locallyMeta's original Llama 3 compact model. Good open-weight model for efficient inference. Superseded by Llama 3.1 8B and Llama 3.2 3B.
Benchmarks
This model hasn't been evaluated by Artificial Analysis yet. Benchmark scores will appear once they're published.
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Providers
Run locally
Run Llama 3 8B on your own computer with the Local AI Engine for free, with no rate limits and no third-party AI provider involved. idapt installs it and routes chat to your hardware automatically.
ollama pull llama3:8b-instruct-q4_K_M
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Who created Llama 3 8B?
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Llama 3 8B was created by Meta.
Is Llama 3 8B a reasoning model?
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No, Llama 3 8B is not a reasoning model. It responds directly without an extended internal thinking step. For tasks requiring deep chain-of-thought reasoning, consider models like Claude, o-series from OpenAI, or Gemini Thinking.
Does Llama 3 8B support image or vision input?
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No, Llama 3 8B does not currently support image or vision input. It is a text-only model.
Does Llama 3 8B support audio?
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No, Llama 3 8B does not support audio input.
What is the context window of Llama 3 8B?
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Llama 3 8B has a context window of 8K tokens, meaning it can process approximately 6,144 words of context at once.
Is Llama 3 8B open source?
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Llama 3 8B is a proprietary model developed by Meta. The model weights and training data are not publicly available.
Where can I use Llama 3 8B?
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You can chat with Llama 3 8B on idapt.app — no separate API key required. idapt is an AI workspace with 200+ models, agents, computers, and tasks. You can also access Llama 3 8B through Meta's own API or platform.