Pricing
Model Overview
Tracked token-pricing fields for this model family. Empty pricing fields stay hidden until the source publishes them.
| Price field | Value |
|---|---|
| Input | $0.05 / 1M tokens |
| Output | $0.08 / 1M tokens |
| Source | Llama 3.1 8B pricing |
| Verified | Apr 5, 2026 (High) |
Surface
Capabilities
Input and output modalities, enabled feature flags, strengths, and tradeoffs.
| Attribute | Values |
|---|---|
| Modalities | text totext |
| Capabilities | batchSupportpromptCachingfunctionCallingstructuredOutputs |
| Strengths | Very cheap, Fast throughput, Easy to self-host |
| Tradeoffs | Lower quality than 70B tiers |
References
Official Links
Canonical launch, documentation, pricing, and release-note URLs.
| Reference | URL |
|---|---|
| Intro | https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3-1/ |
| Docs | https://llama.meta.com/docs/ |
| Pricing | https://llama.meta.com/docs/get-started/ |
| Release note | https://llama.meta.com/blog/ |
Coverage
Benchmark Coverage
Reported benchmark families, versions, scores, sources, and notes.
| Benchmark | Version | Score | Date | Source | Notes |
|---|
Lifecycle
Release History
Lifecycle transitions and release timeline for this model family.
| Release | Alias | Lifecycle | Release Date | Deprecation | Shutdown | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.1 8B | llama-3-1-8b | Active | Jul 23, 2024 | — | — | Current published model family snapshot. |
Surfaces
Host Coverage
Provider-specific hosting, context, pricing notes, feature differences, and provider-status context.
| Host | Type | Context | Pricing Note | Differences |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groq | cloud | 128.0K | $0.05/$0.08 per MTok. | Fastest inference |
Migration
Migration Guidance
Documented migration summary, successor families, and known breaking changes.
| Topic | Details |
|---|---|
| Summary | Use for cost-down scenarios from Llama 3.x 70B. |
| Replacement models | llama-3-3-70b |
Timeline
Change Events
Cataloged model-family updates and source references.
| Date | Type | Title | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2024 | family_added | Llama 3.1 8B published | Initial public model family launch. | Llama 3.1 8B release notes |
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