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Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct

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

Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct is an open-source language model from Meta with 8B parameters, hosted on EU GPUs via an OpenAI-compatible API.

meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-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
Modality text->text
Released April 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 26-07-2026, responded in 89 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.

33.0 / 100 · Measured

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

Range 21.9 to 36.6 · Rank 211 of 270 at Epoch AI

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

LiveBench · 27.6
Reasoning 24.0
Coding 19.8
Mathematics 19.7
Data analysis 26.0
Language 18.7
Instruction following 57.1
Every benchmark (10)
ARC AI2 77.1
OpenBookQA 76.8
TriviaQA 67.7
MMLU 58.4
Winogrande 51.4
ANLI 35.9
DTBench 6.6
MATH level 5 6.1
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 1.8
GPQA diamond 1.5
LiveBench · All tasks
Reasoning
web of lies v2 20.0
zebra puzzle 30.0
spatial 22.0
Coding
LCB generation 25.6
coding completion 14.0
Mathematics
AMPS Hard 8.0
math comp 14.6
olympiad 36.4
Data analysis
cta 44.0
tablejoin 0.0
tablereformat 34.0
Language
connections 20.3
plot unscrambling 15.8
typos 20.0
Instruction following
paraphrase 61.9
simplify 56.2
story generation 56.3
summarize 54.3

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/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Frequently asked questions

Can I run Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct in the EU?

Yes. HostYourAI runs Meta Llama 3 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 Meta Llama 3 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 Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct cost?

Meta Llama 3 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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