Meta: Llama 3 8B (Base)

meta-llama/llama-3-8b

Created May 13, 20248,192 context

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This is the base 8B pre-trained version.

It has demonstrated strong performance compared to leading closed-source models in human evaluations.

To read more about the model release, click here. Usage of this model is subject to Meta's Acceptable Use Policy.

Sample code and API for Llama 3 8B (Base)

OpenRouter normalizes requests and responses across providers for you.

OpenRouter provides an OpenAI-compatible completion API to 300+ models & providers that you can call directly, or using the OpenAI SDK. Additionally, some third-party SDKs are available.

In the examples below, the OpenRouter-specific headers are optional. Setting them allows your app to appear on the OpenRouter leaderboards.

Using third-party SDKs

For information about using third-party SDKs and frameworks with OpenRouter, please see our frameworks documentation.

See the Request docs for all possible fields, and Parameters for explanations of specific sampling parameters.