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Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Runs as your own dedicated GPU deployment, ready to launch from the wizard. Data stays in Europe.

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is an open-source language model from Meta with 8B parameters, hosted on EU GPUs via an OpenAI-compatible API.

meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct vLLM ready
text->text · meta-llama · sovereign EU
Runs on EU infrastructure operated by European companies; US marketplace capacity is never part of this chain. Full chain
8B
Parameters
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Context window
24GB
Minimum VRAM
POST /api/v1/chat/completions On request

Specifications

Parameters 8B
Minimum VRAM 24 GB
Architecture LlamaForCausalLM (vLLM)
License llama3.1
Modality text->text
Released July 2024
Publisher meta-llama ↗

Pricing

Shared router · per token
On request
Not available on the shared router. Pricing on request as a dedicated GPU deployment.
Dedicated GPU · per hour
from €0,89 per hour
Your own vLLM instance on European cloud (24 GB VRAM), billed hourly.

Shared EU router, pay-per-token, scale-to-zero. Dedicated GPU deployments are billed hourly, see pricing.

✓ Verified working on 28-07-2026, responded in 200 ms on our EU infrastructure.

Bench index

Bench is our quality index for every model, 0 to 100. It rests on public measurements (Epoch AI with about 40 benchmarks, LiveBench, LMArena and more) and is refreshed every morning. Where nobody measures, it shows an estimate with a range.

33.1 / 100 · Measured

Measured by Epoch AI across 10 benchmarks, with a range.

Range 19.9 to 39.6 · Rank 210 of 270 at Epoch AI

Sources: Epoch AI ↗ · LiveBench ↗ · LMArena ↗ · Refreshed daily, last on 23-10-2026

LiveBench · 25.0
Reasoning 14.8
Coding 11.1
Mathematics 15.1
Data analysis 32.8
Language 21.1
Instruction following 54.9
Every benchmark (10)
GSM8K 82.4
PIQA 62.4
MMLU 41.5
MATH level 5 22.9
DTBench 18.2
Balrog 15.1
LMCA 6.3
GPQA diamond 2.7
WeirdML 1.7
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 1.6
LiveBench · All tasks
Reasoning
web of lies v3 16.3
zebra puzzle 10.0
spatial 18.0
Coding
LCB generation 10.7
coding completion 11.4
Mathematics
AMPS Hard 21.0
math comp 9.9
olympiad 14.4
Data analysis
cta 42.0
tablejoin 4.5
tablereformat 52.0
Language
connections 4.5
plot unscrambling 12.8
typos 46.0
Instruction following
paraphrase 57.1
simplify 61.4
story generation 51.1
summarize 50.1

Call it now

Drop-in replacement for OpenAI: change only the base URL and API key. The Anthropic format (/v1/messages) is supported too.

curl https://hostyourai.com/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hyai-..." \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

Can I run Llama 3.1 8B Instruct in the EU?

Yes. HostYourAI runs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on GPUs in European datacenters via vLLM. Prompts and outputs never leave the EU and there is no US cloud provider in the chain.

Is hosting Llama 3.1 8B Instruct GDPR-compliant?

Yes. All processing happens inside the EU, a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) is available and the subprocessor list is public. Open-source weights also mean: no training on your data.

How much does Llama 3.1 8B Instruct cost?

Llama 3.1 8B Instruct is available on request: through the shared EU router after a quick chat, or as your own dedicated GPU deployment billed per hour. Tell us your use case and we will set it up for you.

Is the API OpenAI-compatible?

Yes. You use the standard OpenAI SDKs with a custom base URL (https://hostyourai.com/api/v1). The Anthropic Messages API is supported as a drop-in as well.

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