# Meta Llama: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

- Model id: `meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct`
- Served by: -
- List price per 1M tokens, input / output, from: -, with 0% platform fee. A request is billed at the list price of the host that served it.
- Context: 131K, max output 118K
- Prices read 2026-11-15 09:33 UTC
- Page: https://plaingateway.com/models/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Meta's latest class of model (Llama 3.1) launched with a variety of sizes & flavors. This 8B instruct-tuned version is fast and efficient. It has demonstrated strong performance compared to...

## Hosts

| Host | Endpoint | In / out /M | Cache read /M | Context | Served |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | `deepinfra/fp8` | $0.02 / $0.04 | - | 131K | no |
| Groq | `groq` | $0.05 / $0.08 | $0.025 | 131K | no |
| Cloudflare | `cloudflare/fp8` | $0.152 / $0.287 | - | 32K | no |
| Coreweave | `coreweave/bf16` | $0.22 / $0.22 | $0.22 | 131K | no |

## First request

```sh
curl https://api.plaingateway.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLAINGATEWAY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Say hello in five words."}]}'
```

Sign up at https://plaingateway.com/signup (no card), create a key, send a test call, and add credits when you want more. New accounts may get a small starting credit. The whole bootstrap for agents: https://plaingateway.com/llms.txt