Llama 3 8B Instruct
READER SUMMARYMeta's eight-billion-parameter instruction-tuned Llama 3 checkpoint, released for local and broadly hosted assistant deployment with accompanying safety tooling.
Why this model scores 53.2
Instruction tuning increased practical capability and harmful usability, while small size, downloadable weights and many distribution channels produced exceptional reach and weak centralized control.
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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 Instruct equal share
- +0.01
Model score history
- R1Doom Score 53.2
New exact Llama 3 8B Instruct public model profile.
12 Aug 2026