Llama 3 8B Chat is Meta's language model, starting at $0.2 / 1M input and $0.2 / 1M output. A compact conversational language model tuned for chat-style interactions, balancing efficiency with general-purpose language understanding.
Capabilities
Input1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
PDF·
Output1/5
Text✓
Image·
Audio·
Video·
Embedding·
Capabilities0/13
Reasoning·
Adaptive Reasoning·
Function Calling·
Parallel Function Calling·
Structured Outputs·
Native JSON Schema·
Web Search·
URL Context·
Computer Use·
Code Execution·
File Search·
Prompt Caching·
Assistant Prefill·
Pricing by Provider
US Dollar ($)
Per 1M tokens
| Provider | Standard | |
|---|---|---|
| Input $ / 1M | Output $ / 1M | |
| $0.2 | $0.2 | |
Cost Calculator
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Cheapest Instances to Run It
Cloud GPU instances that can host Llama 3 8B Chat, ranked by cheapest on-demand price. The model needs about 19 GB of GPU memory at FP16 precision (estimated from its parameter count), so treat the fit as guidance rather than a guarantee.
All clouds
FP16 (full precision)
US Dollar ($)
Instance | Cloud | GPU | VRAM | Price | Cheapest region | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g6.xlarge | L4 | 22 GB | $0.805/hr | |||
| Standard_NV16as_v4 | AMD Radeon Instinct MI25 | 32 GB | $0.932/hr | |||
| g6.2xlarge | L4 | 22 GB | $0.978/hr | |||
Versions
| Version | Released | Context | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | 131K | $0.100 | $0.200 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | 131K | $0.015 | $0.020 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | 131K | $0.020 | $0.020 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.1 405B Instruct | 131K | $0.120 | $0.300 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 200K | $0.020 | $0.030 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.1 70B Instruct | 131K | $0.100 | $0.100 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3.1 70B | 128K | $0.360 | $0.360 | Available | |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 131K | $0.030 | $0.050 | Available | |
| Llama 3 70B Instruct | 131K | $0.120 | $0.300 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3 8B Instruct | 32K | $0.030 | $0.040 | Deprecated | |
| Llama 3 8B Chat | — | — | $0.200 | $0.200 | Current |