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Llama 3.1 (8B)

Meta's state-of-the-art open model. 128K context, strong multilingual support. 104M+ downloads. Industry standard.

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Parameters

Minimum RAM

8 GB

Model size

4.7 GB

Quantization

Q5_K_M

Can Llama 3.1 (8B) run locally?

Llama 3.1 (8B) is best suited for entry-level laptops and desktops. LocalClaw recommends Q5_K_M as the default quantization, with at least 8 GB RAM.

Search term for LM Studio or compatible runtimes: llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Hugging Face repository: lmstudio-community/Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct-GGUF

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Strengths

104M+ downloads — most popular open model
128K context
Tool use support
8 languages
Huge ecosystem

Limitations

Not the strongest at coding
Surpassed by newer models on benchmarks

Best use cases

General assistant
Tool calling
RAG applications
Multilingual chat

Benchmarks

Speed: 8/10

Quality: 7/10

Coding: 7/10

Reasoning: 7/10

Technical details

Developer: Meta AI

License: Llama 3.1 Community License

Context window: 131,072 tokens

Architecture: Transformer decoder-only with GQA, 128K context

Released: 2024-07