Llama-3.1-8B

by meta-llama

Task
Text generation
Category
Language
License
Llama 3.1 license
Commercial use
Yes, with conditions
The publisher's own model license: commercial use is allowed under its terms, which include limits; read them before shipping.
Size
About 8 billion parameters
Memory to load
~20 GB (estimate)
Format
FP16
Runs on
GPU
Access
Gated: accept the publisher's terms on Hugging Face
Downloads (last 30 days)
652.1K
Likes
2.7K
Last updated
October 16, 2024

How to run it

These are full-precision weights, usually loaded with Hugging Face Transformers or Diffusers on a GPU.

Plan for roughly 20 GB of memory to load it (our estimate from its size and format).

Downloads are gated: accept the publisher's terms on Hugging Face first.

The model card on Hugging Face has the exact usage code.

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