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Llama 3.1 8B Instant on Groq

Ultra-cheap Groq text model for high-volume chat, classification, and routing.

Creator: Groq
Lifecycle: Active
Context: 131.1K
Max output: 8.2K
Released: Sep 1, 2024
Status: up

Input: $0.05 / 1M tokens
Output: $0.08 / 1M tokens
Cached read: — / 1M tokens
Cached write: — / 1M tokens
Batch discount: —%
Source: Llama 3.1 8B Instant on Groq pricing
Verified: Apr 2, 2026 (High)

Capabilities

Modalities: text→text
Capabilities: batchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs
Strengths: Lowest Groq cost, Very fast
Tradeoffs: Smallest model in current Groq compare set

Official Links

Intro

https://console.groq.com/docs/models

Docs

https://console.groq.com/docs/models

Pricing

https://groq.com/pricing

Release note

https://console.groq.com/docs/changelog

Benchmark Coverage

Benchmark	Version	Score	Date	Source	Notes

Release History

Release	Alias	Lifecycle	Release Date	Deprecation	Shutdown	Summary
Llama 3.1 8B Instant on Groq	groq-llama-3-1-8b-instant	Active	Sep 1, 2024	—	—	Current published model family snapshot.

Host Coverage

Host	Type	Context	Pricing Note	Differences
Groq API	first-party	131.1K	Reference production Groq pricing.	Production model tier

Migration Guidance

Default Groq budget tier for simple generation, routing, and classification.

Replacement models: groq-llama-3-3-70b-versatile

Change Events

Date	Type	Title	Description	Source
Sep 1, 2024	family_added	Llama 3.1 8B Instant on Groq published	Initial public model family launch.	Llama 3.1 8B Instant on Groq release notes

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