Question 1

What is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Accepted Answer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is a model from Meta, released on Jul 23, 2024. Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. $0.02 per million input tokens, $0.03 per million output tokens. 131,072 token context window, maximum output of 16,384 tokens. Higher uptime with 5 providers. Includes independent benchmarks from Artificial Analysis.

Question 2

How much does Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cost?

Accepted Answer

On the Respan gateway, input starts at $0.02 per 1M tokens on Novita, and output starts at $0.05 per 1M tokens on Novita, after gateway discounts. Averaged across 2 providers, it costs $0.03 per 1M input tokens and $0.06 per 1M output tokens.

Question 3

Which providers serve Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Respan?

Accepted Answer

2 providers serve Llama 3.1 8B Instruct: Novita and OpenRouter.

Question 4

What is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct's context window?

Accepted Answer

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct accepts up to 131K tokens of context on its largest provider route.

Question 5

How do I use Llama 3.1 8B Instruct with the Respan gateway?

Accepted Answer

Point any OpenAI-compatible SDK at https://api.respan.ai/api/ with your Respan API key and set the model to "llama-3.1-8b-instruct". To set it up with a coding agent, copy the agent setup prompt at the top of this page.

Question 6

How fast is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct?

Accepted Answer

Over the last 30 days of requests through the Respan gateway, the fastest provider was OpenRouter at 30 tokens per second, and the lowest response latency was 0.5 seconds on OpenRouter. Speed varies with request size and provider.

Provider	Context	Input	Output	Capabilities
NovitaSave 10%`novita/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct`	16K	$0.02/M	$0.05/M	—
OpenRouter`openrouter/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct`	131K	$0.05/M	$0.08/M

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