NVIDIA: Llama 3.1 Nemotron Nano 8B v1 (free)

nvidia/llama-3.1-nemotron-nano-8b-v1:free

Created Apr 8, 2025131,072 context

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Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-8B-v1 is a compact large language model (LLM) derived from Meta's Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct, specifically optimized for reasoning tasks, conversational interactions, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and tool-calling applications. It balances accuracy and efficiency, fitting comfortably onto a single consumer-grade RTX GPU for local deployment. The model supports extended context lengths of up to 128K tokens.

Note: you must include detailed thinking on in the system prompt to enable reasoning. Please see Usage Recommendations for more.

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