Meta: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Meta's Llama 3.1 8B Instruct model, released on July 22, 2024, demonstrates a strong overall profile, particularly excelling in cost-efficiency and reliability. It consistently offers among the most competitive pricing, ranking in the 97th percentile across six benchmarks. The model also exhibits high reliability with a 92% success rate, indicating consistent and usable responses. In terms of speed, it performs competitively, ranking in the 59th percentile. Across benchmark categories, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct shows notable strengths in cost-effectiveness for specific tasks, being the most accurate model at its price point for General Knowledge and Email Classification. It achieves a high 98.5% accuracy in Ethics, showcasing strong moral reasoning capabilities. However, the model exhibits weaknesses in complex Reasoning and Instruction Following, with accuracy scores of 18.0% and 32.2% respectively. Its performance in General Knowledge and Coding is moderate, with accuracy around the 30th percentile. The model's 131,000 context length supports extensive interactions.