Llama 3 8B Base
READER SUMMARYMeta's eight-billion-parameter Llama 3 pretrained checkpoint, distributed as downloadable weights and across a broad cloud and hardware ecosystem.
Why this model scores 49.5
Moderate general capability and little intrinsic agency are offset by lightweight operation, downloadable weights and broad distribution that make access extensive and centralized control difficult.
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Meta releases Llama 3 8B and 70B base and instruction models
Meta released Llama 3 in 8-billion and 70-billion parameter base and instruction-tuned variants, with downloadable weights, broad planned cloud distribution and new Llama Guard 2, Code Shield and CyberSec Eval 2 safety tools.
- Full item contribution
- +0.03
- Llama 3 8B Base equal share
- +0.01
Model score history
- R1Doom Score 49.5
New exact Llama 3 8B Base public model profile.
12 Aug 2026