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Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B)

Llama 3.1 Instruct (8B) is attributed to Meta in the catalog. It accepts text input and produces text output. Reported capabilities include tool calling.

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Modalities

Token rates

Unavailable

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Context

131K

Released

2024-07-23

Knowledge cutoff

Dec 2023

Where to use it

1 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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DigitalOcean

llama3-8b-instruct

current

Input

$0.198

Output

$0.198

Cache

—

Context

131K

Max output

131K

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Historical price

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Provider / API ID	Status	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Temperature
DigitalOcean llama3-8b-instruct	currentHistorical price	131K	131K	$0.198	$0.198	—	No	Yes	Unknown	Yes

Capabilities and limits

Input: text
Output: text
Max output: 131K
Weights: Open (source-reported)
Release: 2024-07-23
Knowledge cutoff: Dec 2023
Family: llama

Tool calling

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: source refresh · 2026-10-12

Model changes (1)

source refresh · 2026-10-12

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    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": null
  },
  "after": {
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2023-12"
  }
}

Price history (20 observations)

Date	Provider	Input / output
2026-10-22	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-21	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-20	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-19	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-18	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-17	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-12	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-12	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-11	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-10	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-09	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-09	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-08	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-10-07	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-09-22	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-09-21	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-09-20	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-09-19	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-09-18	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198
2026-09-17	DigitalOcean	$0.198 / $0.198