LLM: Llama 3.1

Developer

Meta

Genealogy

LLaMA → Llama 2 → Llama 3 → Llama 3.1

Initial Release

2024-07-23

Overview

Llama 3.1 added a 405B flagship model that was the first open-source model competitive with frontier proprietary models, alongside updated 8B and 70B variants with longer context and improved tool use.

Description

Llama 3.1 was a landmark release for open-source AI. The 405B model achieved parity with GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet on many benchmarks, marking the first time an open model reached the proprietary frontier. All models support a 128K token context window, multilingual generation in eight languages, and built-in tool-calling capabilities. The permissive license allows commercial use for most organisations, making Llama 3.1 a popular foundation for fine-tuning and self-hosted deployments.

Open Source

Yes

Instruct Tuned

Yes

Model Sizes

8B, 70B, 405B

Finetuning

Yes

License

Custom (Commercial OK)

Pricing

-

Link

Visit

Further Reading

• https://ai.meta.com/blog/meta-llama-3-1/
• https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-405B-Instruct

Unsure? Contact us with a brief description of your use case if you'd like for us to make a snap assessment. Depending on your requirements, a smaller, custom language model may even be the best option.