Llama 3.1 (8B Instruct)
Llama · ~8B parameters · 4B–12B (mid-size) · Last reviewed 2026-03-20
Why we use it
A practical default for distillation teachers and mid-size private deployments before jumping to 70B-class models.
License summary
Meta Llama license applies; commercial use is permitted within published restrictions - confirm export and redistribution clauses for your jurisdiction.
Typical deployment profiles
- VPC, single GPU class
- VPC, multi-GPU
Focus tags
- General
- Reasoning
Typical use cases
- SLM teacher models
- VPC chat
- Batch document Q&A