Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct

llama38B
Context
8K
Max output
8K

Capabilities

Reasoning & Interaction
Tool Calling
Infrastructure
Streaming
Fine-tuning

Details

Provider Meta Llama
Creator meta
FamilyLlama-3
Licensellama3
Status—
Typechat
Input modalitiestext
Output modalitiestext
Open weightYes
Parameters8B
Architecture—
Context window8K tokens
Max input—
Max output8K tokens
Reasoning tokens—
Knowledge cutoff—
Release date
Sourceofficial

Tools

Function Callingfunction_calling
Call external functions and APIs

Family Comparison: Llama-3

ModelContextMax out
Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct8K8K
Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct8K8K

API

GET/v1/models/meta/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct

Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct

Changes · 3 entries
Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instructupdate1cd659eMar 24, 2026, 04:19 AM
capabilitiesfine tuningyes
Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instructupdate2b100acMar 23, 2026, 05:30 AM
familyLlama-3
model_typechat
licensellama3
parameters8
page_urlhttps://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
open_weightyes
tools["function_calling"]
release_date2024-04-17
knowledge_cutoff
max_output_tokens8192
Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instructcreate7f5c66fMar 21, 2026, 05:16 AM