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Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct API Pricing

Live token cost for Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct from Meta. Use the figures below for budgeting, then tune your exact request mix in the interactive calculator. Prices refresh every 24 hours from OpenRouter.

Input
$0.030
/ 1M tokens
Output
$0.040
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
Not supported

Capabilities

8K context16K max output

Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct cost at scale

Estimated monthly cost across common production volumes. Assumes 30-day months and the request shapes shown.

TierRequests / dayIn / out tokens$ / month
Hobby1,000500 / 200$0.690
Startup10,0001,500 / 500$19.50
Growth100,0003,000 / 800$366.00
Enterprise1,000,0008,000 / 2,000$9,600.00
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Frequently asked questions

How much does Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct cost?

Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct costs $0.03 per 1M input tokens and $0.04 per 1M output tokens. A typical 1,500-token in / 500-token out request costs $0.00006.

Does Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct support cached input?

No. Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct does not currently expose cached-input pricing through Meta. Every input token is billed at the full rate.

What is the Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct context window?

Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct supports a context window of 8,192 tokens (8K). Max output per response is 16,384 tokens.

What is Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct good for?

Meta: Llama 3 8B Instruct is a good fit for open-source baseline, fine-tuning research, edge inference. For other use cases, run your specific input/output mix through the interactive calculator to compare against alternative models.