Meta AI · LLM

Llama 3

8B and 70B open-weight release, later extended to Llama 3.1 and 3.2 with vision.

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Capabilities

▸open weights
▸chat
▸coding

Use cases

self-hosting

Lineage

This model

Llama 3

Apr 18, 2024

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Llama 3 head-to-head comparisons

Mistral 7B vs Llama 3
The small open-weight models that made local AI practical: Mistral 7B punches above its size, Llama 3 brings a bigger ecosystem and better instruction tuning.
Llama 3 vs Llama 4
Comparing Meta's two most recent open-weight releases.

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Last verified Sep 10, 2026

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