Llama 3.1 8B

Llama 3.1 8B is Meta's versatile mid-range model offering strong performance across text generation, coding, and multilingual tasks. It supports the full 128K context window and includes native tool-use capabilities. This model strikes an excellent balance between capability and resource requirements, running well on consumer GPUs with 8-16GB VRAM. It is one of the most popular open-source models for local inference and serves as a strong baseline for many use cases.