# Llama 3.1 8B Instant

`llama-3.1-8b-instant` — **groq** · CHAT

> Llama 3.1 8B Instant (llama-3.1-8b-instant) is a chat model from groq with a 128K-token context window; open-weight (8B parameters); capabilities tools; input text; output text.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Vendor | groq |
| Kind | CHAT |
| Context window | 128,000 tokens |
| Max output tokens | 8,192 tokens |
| Indicative price (US list) | $0.05 in / $0.08 out per 1M tokens (indicative US list — verify with vendor) |
| Input modalities | text |
| Output modalities | text |
| Capabilities | tools |
| Weights | Open-weight |
| Parameters | 8B |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2023-12 |
| Release date | 2024-07-23 |
| Sources | committed, models-dev, overrides |
| Last verified | 2026-11-05 |

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