Text · Released Sep 2024
Meta Llama 3.2 3B
Meta's compact 3B instruction-tuned model — fast on-device text generation.
From Meta, Llama 3.2 3B 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 and Hugging Face: no API key and no per-use fees.
Modality
Text
Available on
Model ID
ollama:llama3.2:3bhf:onnx-community/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-ONNX
Supported OS
macOSWindowsLinux
Minimum machine configuration
8 GB RAM · 128K ctx · text · CPU/GPU
Download size · ~2.0 GB
Specs
- Released
- 2 years ago (Sep 2024)
- 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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