Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct API Pricing
Live token cost for Meta: Llama 3.1 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.
Capabilities
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cost at scale
Estimated monthly cost across common production volumes. Assumes 30-day months and the request shapes shown.
| Tier | Requests / day | In / out tokens | $ / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | 1,000 | 500 / 200 | $0.600 |
| Startup | 10,000 | 1,500 / 500 | $16.50 |
| Growth | 100,000 | 3,000 / 800 | $300.00 |
| Enterprise | 1,000,000 | 8,000 / 2,000 | $7,800.00 |
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Frequently asked questions
How much does Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cost?
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct costs $0.02 per 1M input tokens and $0.05 per 1M output tokens. A typical 1,500-token in / 500-token out request costs $0.00005.
Does Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct support cached input?
No. Meta: Llama 3.1 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 3.1 8B Instruct context window?
Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct supports a context window of 16,384 tokens (16K). Max output per response is 16,384 tokens.
What is Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct good for?
Meta: Llama 3.1 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.