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Llama 3.1 8B

Meta's 8B instruction-tuned model with 128K context and strong general reasoning.

From Meta, Llama 3.1 8B is an open-weight text model. It takes a text prompt and replies with generated text. It runs entirely on your own hardware through Ollama: no API key and no per-use fees.

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Text
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Ollama
Model ID
ollama:llama3.1:8b
Supported OS
macOSWindowsLinux
Minimum machine configuration
16 GB RAM · 128K ctx · text · CPU/GPU
Download size · ~4.9 GB
Specs
Pricing
Free, runs on your hardware
About the creator

Meta

Meta's FAIR and GenAI labs build the open-weight Llama family of language models — among the most widely used open models for local inference.

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