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Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct

by Meta · Released Apr 2024

Open Source
30.7
avg score
Rank #243
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Better than 22% of all models
Context
N/A
Input $/1M
n/a
Output $/1M
n/a
Type
text-generation
License
Open Source
Benchmarks
25 tested
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Meta-llama text generation model. 1407K downloads on HuggingFace.

Tested on 25 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 30.7. Top scores: JSQuAD (89.5%), JCommonsenseQA (87.7%), IFEval (74.1%).

Capabilities
reasoning
1.6
#223 globally
math
8.7
#256 globally
knowledge
15.4
#276 globally
language
53.0
#122 globally
general
28.2
#133 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 25 benchmarks · Ranked across 5 categories
Score Distribution (all 312 models)
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reasoningCompare reasoning →
MUSR

HuggingFace MuSR (Multi-Step Reasoning). Tests multi-hop reasoning requiring chaining multiple facts together.

1.6·
mathCompare math →
MATH Level 5

HuggingFace evaluation of MATH Level 5 problems. Competition math requiring advanced reasoning and proof construction.

8.7·
knowledgeCompare knowledge →
MMLU-PRO

HuggingFace MMLU-Pro. Harder version of MMLU with 10 answer choices instead of 4 and more challenging questions.

29.6·
GPQA

HuggingFace evaluation of GPQA (Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A). PhD-level science questions that cannot be easily searched.

1.2·
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Specifications
  • Typetext-generation
  • ContextN/A
  • ReleasedApr 2024
  • LicenseOpen Source
  • StatusActive
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Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct is an open-source text-generation AI model by Meta, released in April 2024. It has an average benchmark score of 30.7.

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Benchmarks

JSQuADJCommonsenseQAIFEvalJNLIMMMLU — Spanish

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Key facts · as of 2026-04-09

  • Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct by Meta. BenchGecko score 30.7, rank 242 of 312 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price n/a input · n/a output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-04-09).

How to cite · data as of 2026-04-09

Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-04-09. https://benchgecko.ai/model/meta-llama-meta-llama-3-8b-instruct

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP