Llama 3.1 8B Instruct
meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a text-to-text model from Meta. It has a 131,072 token context window, supports tool use, and is available as open weights.
- tool use
- structured outputs
- open-weight
At a glance
Specifications
What the API gives you
- Context window
- 131K tokens
- Max output
- 118K tokens
- Input price
- $0.050 / 1M tokens
- Output price
- $0.080 / 1M tokens
- Cache read
- $0.025 / 1M tokens
- Modalities
- text → text
- Knowledge cutoff
- Dec 31, 2023
- Released
- Jul 23, 2024
Measured evidence
Public benchmark record
- BFCL
- 25.8%2026-10-21
- GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI)
- 27% ± 1.92026-08-27evaluated 2026-08-27
- LMArena Creative Writing
- 1154 Elo2026-10-20
- LMArena Instruction Following
- 1159 Elo2026-10-20
- LMArena Long Query
- 1181 Elo2026-10-20
- LMArena Math
- 1179 Elo2026-10-20
- LMArena Text
- 1211 Elo2026-10-20
- OTIS Mock AIME (Epoch AI)
- 1.7% ± 0.92026-08-27evaluated 2026-08-27
LMArena data licensed CC-BY-4.0. Aider (Apache-2.0) and SWE-bench (MIT) are open. Design Arena uses blind human preference.
Open-weight model on Hugging Face.
Task evidence
How broad is the support?
Each status is exact to this model version and the selected task. Official release claims remain provisional.
- Best LLM for Logic & Problem SolvingEstablished evidence
55% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 5 of 5 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Math & ReasoningEstablished evidence
44% of intended weighted task evidence across 3 independent sources. 7 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Competition MathEstablished evidence
37% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for JSON & Schema OutputEstablished evidence
29% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Structured Data ExtractionEstablished evidence
29% of intended weighted task evidence across 2 independent sources. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Business WritingProvisional evidence
67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
Show all 31 tasks
- Best LLM for Marketing CopyProvisional evidence
67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Chat & RoleplayProvisional evidence
67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Roleplay & CharacterProvisional evidence
67% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Creative WritingProvisional evidence
56% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for WritingProvisional evidence
56% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for a General AssistantProvisional evidence
41% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from SimpleQA Verified (Epoch AI) or LiveBench Instruction Following. 6 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Hermes AgentProvisional evidence
40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Agent or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for OpenHandsProvisional evidence
40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Agent or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for GooseProvisional evidence
40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Agent or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for OpenClawProvisional evidence
40% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Agent or SWE-rebench. 4 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best Open-Weight LLM for Self-HostingProvisional evidence
27% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Tool & Function CallingProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Agent or LMArena Agent Steerability. 6 of 7 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best Value LLMProvisional evidence
25% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Massive ContextProvisional evidence
20% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Document or LongBench v2. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for AI AgentsProvisional evidence
18% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Agentic Coding or LMArena Agent. 9 of 9 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Fast SummariesProvisional evidence
17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Literary TranslationProvisional evidence
17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Everyday TranslationProvisional evidence
17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for TranslationProvisional evidence
17% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or LiveBench Language. 3 of 4 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for RAG & Long ContextProvisional evidence
11% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LMArena Document. 5 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Computer & Browser UseProvisional evidence
11% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LMArena Agent or OSWorld Verified. 3 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for Document SummarizationProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best LLM for SummarizationProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from FACTS Grounding or LiveBench Instruction Following. 5 of 6 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Best Cheap LLM for High VolumeProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
- Cheapest Capable LLMProvisional evidence
10% of intended weighted task evidence across 1 independent source; broader independent confirmation is still missing from LiveBench Instruction Following or Route reliability. 2 of 3 configured evaluation feeds currently have results.
Recommendation coverage
Where this model appears
Not currently included in a published recommendation. The task evidence panel above says exactly what is confirmed and what is still missing.
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