NOT DEPRECATED
Listed by litellm, openrouter. No retirement date announced. Neither the provider's API nor its documentation has been checked for this model. Sources disagree on: context_tokens, input_price_per_mtok, max_output_tokens, output_price_per_mtok.
state=alive sunset=none days_remaining=n/a severity=low sources=litellm,openrouter evidence_tier=catalog confirmed_by_endpoint=false documented_by_provider=false replacement=none corroborated=yes divergent_fields=context_tokens,input_price_per_mtok,max_output_tokens,output_price_per_mtok checked=2026-10-31 05:09Z
meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct
Vendor: meta. Tracked by 2 of 5 sources.
What each source reports
| Source | ID | Context | Max out | In $/Mtok | Out $/Mtok | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| litellm | novita/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct | 16,384 | 16,384 | $0.02 | $0.05 | — |
| openrouter | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct | 131,072 | 117,964 | $0.05 | $0.08 | — |
Change history
| Severity | Change | What | Detected |
|---|---|---|---|
| medium | repriced | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: input_price_per_mtok $0.02/Mtok to $0.05/Mtok | 2026-10-28 |
| medium | repriced | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: output_price_per_mtok $0.04/Mtok to $0.08/Mtok | 2026-10-28 |
| low | modified | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: max_output_tokens raised 16,384 to 117,964 | 2026-10-28 |
| info | repriced | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: cache_read_price_per_mtok n/a to $0.03/Mtok | 2026-10-28 |
| high | modified | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: max_output_tokens cut 117,964 to 16,384 | 2026-10-28 |
| info | repriced | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: input_price_per_mtok $0.05/Mtok to $0.02/Mtok | 2026-10-28 |
| info | repriced | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: output_price_per_mtok $0.08/Mtok to $0.04/Mtok | 2026-10-28 |
| info | repriced | meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: cache_read_price_per_mtok $0.03/Mtok to n/a | 2026-10-28 |
| medium | removed | [one catalog only — litellm, openrouter still list it] openrouter/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct is no longer listed by this source — calls to it are expected to fail | 2026-10-10 |
| low | modified | wandb/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct: context_tokens raised 128,000 to 131,000 | 2026-09-17 |
| low | added | new model openrouter/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct (131,072 ctx) | 2026-09-06 |
| low | modified | novita/meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: capabilities gained response_schema | 2026-08-28 |
| info | repriced | wandb/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct: input_price_per_mtok $22,000.00/Mtok to $0.22/Mtok | 2026-08-28 |
| info | repriced | wandb/meta-llama/Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct: output_price_per_mtok $22,000.00/Mtok to $0.22/Mtok | 2026-08-28 |
| info | modified | [source artifact — 7 providers changed identically on the same day] meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct: max_output_tokens cut 131,072 to 117,964 | 2026-08-25 |