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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

External references

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