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Model Details

Meta developed and released the Meta Llama 3 family of large language models (LLMs), a collection of pretrained and instruction tuned generative text models in 8 and 70B sizes. The Llama 3 instruction tuned models are optimized for dialogue use cases and outperform many of the available open source chat models on common industry benchmarks. Further, in developing these models, we took great care to optimize helpfulness and safety.

Model developers Meta

Variations Llama 3 comes in two sizes — 8B and 70B parameters — in pre-trained and instruction tuned variants.

Input Models input text only.

Output Models generate text and code only.

Model Architecture Llama 3 is an auto-regressive language model that uses an optimized transformer architecture. The tuned versions use supervised fine-tuning (SFT) and reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) to align with human preferences for helpfulness and safety.

Training DataParamsContext lengthGQAToken countKnowledge cutoff
Llama 3A new mix of publicly available online data.8B8kYes15T+March, 2023
Llama 3A new mix of publicly available online data.70B8kYesDecember, 2023

**Llama 3 family of models. **Token counts refer to pretraining data only. Both the 8 and 70B versions use Grouped-Query Attention (GQA) for improved inference scalability.

Model Release Date April 18, 2024.

Status This is a static model trained on an offline dataset. Future versions of the tuned models will be released as we improve model safety with community feedback.

License A custom commercial license is available at: https://llama.meta.com/llama3/license

Where to send questions or comments about the model Instructions on how to provide feedback or comments on the model can be found in the model README. For more technical information about generation parameters and recipes for how to use Llama 3 in applications, please go here.

Intended Use

Intended Use Cases Llama 3 is designed for commercial and research applications in English. Instruction-tuned models are optimized for assistant-style interactions, while pre-trained models can be adapted for various natural language generation tasks.

Out-of-Scope

  • Any use that violates applicable laws or regulations, including trade compliance.
  • Activities prohibited by the Acceptable Use Policy or the Llama 3 Community License.
  • Use in languages other than English.

Note: Developers may fine-tune Llama 3 for other languages if they comply with the Community License and Acceptable Use Policy.

Practical Applications of Llama 3

Llama 3’s advanced capabilities open up a wide range of practical applications in AI development, revolutionizing various industries and workflows.

Healthcare Applications

In the medical field, Llama 3 can be utilized to analyze medical records, support diagnostic processes, and enhance patient interactions. Its ability to quickly extract critical information and provide evidence-based responses can significantly improve healthcare delivery.

Education and Training

The model’s personalized learning capabilities make it well-suited for developing adaptive tutoring systems and automated assessment tools. This can help create more engaging and effective educational experiences tailored to individual student needs.

Code Generation and Interpretation

With built-in support for Python, Llama 3 can assist developers in code generation and interpretation tasks. This feature can significantly speed up the software development process and help in debugging complex code.

By leveraging these practical applications, developers can create more sophisticated AI solutions that address complex real-world challenges across multiple domains.

How to use

You can choose 3 programming languages to access our Llama-3-8B-Instruct model.

HTTP/cURL

We provide compatibility with the OpenAI API standard

The API Base URL

1https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai

Example of Using Chat Completions API

Generate a response using a list of messages from a conversation

1# Get the Novita AI API Key by referring to: https://novita.ai/docs/get-started/quickstart.html#_2-manage-api-key 2export API_KEY="{YOUR Novita AI API Key}" 3 4curl "https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai/chat/completions" \ 5 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ 6 -H "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}" \ 7 -d '{ 8 "model": "meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct", 9 "messages": [ 10 { 11 "role": "system", 12 "content": "Act like you are a helpful assistant." 13 }, 14 { 15 "role": "user", 16 "content": "Hi there!" 17 } 18 ], 19 "max_tokens": 512 20}'

The response may look like this

1{ 2 "id": "chat-5f461a9a23a44ef29dbd3124b891afc0", 3 "object": "chat.completion", 4 "created": 1731584707, 5 "model": "meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct", 6 "choices": [ 7 { 8 "index": 0, 9 "message": { 10 "role": "assistant", 11 "content": "Hello! It's nice to meet you. How can I assist you today? Do you have any questions or topics you'd like to discuss? I'm here to help with anything you need." 12 }, 13 "finish_reason": "stop", 14 "content_filter_results": { 15 "hate": { "filtered": false }, 16 "self_harm": { "filtered": false }, 17 "sexual": { "filtered": false }, 18 "violence": { "filtered": false }, 19 "jailbreak": { "filtered": false, "detected": false }, 20 "profanity": { "filtered": false, "detected": false } 21 } 22 } 23 ], 24 "usage": { 25 "prompt_tokens": 46, 26 "completion_tokens": 40, 27 "total_tokens": 86, 28 "prompt_tokens_details": null, 29 "completion_tokens_details": null 30 }, 31 "system_fingerprint": "" 32}

If you want to receive a response via streaming, simply pass "stream": true in the request (see the difference on line 20). An example is provided.

1# Get the Novita AI API Key by referring to: https://novita.ai/docs/get-started/quickstart.html#_2-manage-api-key 2export API_KEY="{YOUR Novita AI API Key}" 3 4curl "https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai/chat/completions" \ 5 -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ 6 -H "Authorization: Bearer ${API_KEY}" \ 7 -d '{ 8 "model": "meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct", 9 "messages": [ 10 { 11 "role": "system", 12 "content": "Act like you are a helpful assistant." 13 }, 14 { 15 "role": "user", 16 "content": "Hi there!" 17 } 18 ], 19 "max_tokens": 512, 20 "stream": true 21}'

The response may look like this

1data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"role":"assistant"},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 2 3... 4 5data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"n, ne"},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 6 7data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"ed"},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 8 9data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":" assi"},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 10 11data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"s"},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 12 13data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"tan"},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 14 15data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"ce wi"},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 16 17... 18 19data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":" "},"finish_reason":null,"content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 20 21data: {"id":"chat-d821b951d6ff43ab838d18137aef7d0a","object":"chat.completion.chunk","created":1731586102,"model":"meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct","choices":[{"index":0,"delta":{"content":"just want to chat?"},"finish_reason":"stop","content_filter_results":{"hate":{"filtered":false},"self_harm":{"filtered":false},"sexual":{"filtered":false},"violence":{"filtered":false},"jailbreak":{"filtered":false,"detected":false},"profanity":{"filtered":false,"detected":false}}}],"system_fingerprint":""} 22 23data: [DONE]

Model Parameters

Feel free to check out our documentation for more details.

Python

First, install the official OpenAI Python client

1pip install 'openai>=1.0.0'

and then you can run inferences with us

Example of Using Chat Completions API

Generate a response using a list of messages from a conversation

1from openai import OpenAI 2 3client = OpenAI( 4 base_url="https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai", 5 # Get the Novita AI API Key by referring to: https://novita.ai/docs/get-started/quickstart.html#_2-manage-api-key. 6 api_key="<YOUR Novita AI API Key>", 7) 8 9model = "meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct" 10stream = True # or False 11max_tokens = 512 12 13chat_completion_res = client.chat.completions.create( 14 model=model, 15 messages=[ 16 { 17 "role": "system", 18 "content": "Act like you are a helpful assistant.", 19 }, 20 { 21 "role": "user", 22 "content": "Hi there!", 23 } 24 ], 25 stream=stream, 26 max_tokens=max_tokens, 27) 28 29if stream: 30 for chunk in chat_completion_res: 31 print(chunk.choices[0].delta.content or "") 32else: 33 print(chat_completion_res.choices[0].message.content)

If you set stream: true (line 10), the print may look like this

1It' 2s 3 ni 4ce to 5meet you. 6Is 7 the 8re so 9meth 10ing I 11 can h 12e 13lp 14you wi 15th t 16oday, 17 or 18 woul 19d 20 you like to chat?

If you don't want to receive a response via streaming, simply set stream: false. The output will look like this

1How can I assist you today? Do you have any questions or topics you'd like to discuss?

Model Parameters

Feel free to check out our documentation for more details.

JavaScript

First, install the official OpenAI JavaScript client

1npm install openai

and then you can run inferences with us in the browser or in node.js

Example of Using Chat Completions API

Generate a response using a list of messages from a conversation

1import OpenAI from "openai"; 2 3const openai = new OpenAI({ 4 baseURL: "https://api.novita.ai/v3/openai", 5 apiKey: "<YOUR Novita AI API Key>", 6}); 7const stream = true; // or false 8 9async function run() { 10 const completion = await openai.chat.completions.create({ 11 messages: [ 12 { 13 role: "system", 14 content: "Act like you are a helpful assistant.", 15 }, 16 { 17 role: "user", 18 content: "Hi there!" 19 } 20 ], 21 model: "meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct", 22 stream 23 }); 24 25 if (stream) { 26 for await (const chunk of completion) { 27 if (chunk.choices[0].finish_reason) { 28 console.log(chunk.choices[0].finish_reason); 29 } else { 30 console.log(chunk.choices[0].delta.content); 31 } 32 } 33 } else { 34 console.log(JSON.stringify(completion)); 35 } 36} 37 38run();

If you set stream: true (line 7), the print may look like this

1It' 2s 3 nic 4e to 5 m 6eet you 7. Ho 8w can 9I 10 as 11sist 12 you 13toda 14y? Do you 15hav 16e any q 17uest 18io 19ns or 20 to 21pics you 22' 23d 24li 25ke to 26 di 27scuss 28stop

If you don't want to receive a response via streaming, simply set stream: false. The output will look like this

1{ 2 "id": "chat-a3ff0e39b4c24abcbd258ab1a1f38db9", 3 "object": "chat.completion", 4 "created": 1731642457, 5 "model": "meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct", 6 "choices": [ 7 { 8 "index": 0, 9 "message": { 10 "role": "assistant", 11 "content": "How can I help you today? Would you like to talk about something specific or just have a chat? I'm here to assist you with any questions or information you might need." 12 }, 13 "finish_reason": "stop", 14 "content_filter_results": { 15 "hate": { "filtered": false }, 16 "self_harm": { "filtered": false }, 17 "sexual": { "filtered": false }, 18 "violence": { "filtered": false }, 19 "jailbreak": { "filtered": false, "detected": false }, 20 "profanity": { "filtered": false, "detected": false } 21 } 22 } 23 ], 24 "usage": { 25 "prompt_tokens": 46, 26 "completion_tokens": 37, 27 "total_tokens": 83, 28 "prompt_tokens_details": null, 29 "completion_tokens_details": null 30 }, 31 "system_fingerprint": "" 32}

Model Parameters

Feel free to check out our documentation for more details.

Hardware and Software

Training Factors We used custom training libraries, Meta's Research SuperCluster, and production clusters for pretraining. Fine-tuning, annotation, and evaluation were also performed on third-party cloud compute.

Carbon Footprint Pretraining utilized a cumulative 7.7M GPU hours of computation on hardware of type H100-80GB (TDP of 700W). Estimated total emissions were 2290 tCO2eq, 100% of which were offset by Meta’s sustainability program.

Time (GPU hours)Power Consumption (W)Carbon Emitted(tCO2eq)
Llama 3 8B1.3M700390
Llama 3 70B6.4M7001900
Total7.7M2290

CO2 emissions during pre-training . Time: total GPU time required for training each model. Power Consumption: peak power capacity per GPU device for the GPUs used adjusted for power usage efficiency. 100% of the emissions are directly offset by Meta's sustainability program, and because we are openly releasing these models, the pretraining costs do not need to be incurred by others.

Training Data

Overview Llama 3 was pretrained on over 15 trillion tokens of data from publicly available sources. The fine-tuning data includes publicly available instruction datasets, as well as over 10M human-annotated examples. Neither the pretraining nor the fine-tuning datasets include Meta user data.

Data Freshness The pretraining data has a cutoff of March 2023 for the 8B and December 2023 for the 70B models respectively.

Benchmarks

In this section, we report the results for Llama 3 models on standard automatic benchmarks. For all the evaluations, we use our internal evaluations library. For details on the methodology see here.

Base pretrained models

CategoryBenchmarkLlama 3 8BLlama2 7BLlama2 13BLlama 3 70BLlama2 70B
GeneralMMLU (5-shot)66.645.753.879.569.7
AGIEval English (3-5 shot)45.928.838.76354.8
CommonSenseQA (7-shot)72.657.667.683.878.7
Winogrande (5-shot)76.173.375.483.181.8
BIG-Bench Hard (3-shot, CoT)61.138.14781.365.7
ARC-Challenge (25-shot)78.653.767.69385.3
Knowledge reasoningTriviaQA-Wiki (5-shot)78.572.179.689.787.5
Reading comprehensionSQuAD (1-shot)76.472.272.185.682.6
QuAC (1-shot, F1)44.439.644.951.149.4
BoolQ (0-shot)75.765.566.97973.1
DROP (3-shot, F1)58.437.949.879.770.2

Instruction tuned models

BenchmarkLlama 3 8BLlama 2 7BLlama 2 13BLlama 3 70BLlama 2 70B
MMLU (5-shot)68.434.147.88252.9
GPQA (0-shot)34.221.722.339.521
HumanEval (0-shot)62.27.91481.725.6
GSM-8K (8-shot, CoT)79.625.777.49357.5
MATH (4-shot, CoT)303.86.750.411.6

Responsibility & Safety

We believe that an open approach to AI leads to better, safer products, faster innovation, and a bigger overall market. We are committed to Responsible AI development and took a series of steps to limit misuse and harm and support the open source community.

Foundation models are widely capable technologies that are built to be used for a diverse range of applications. They are not designed to meet every developer preference on safety levels for all use cases, out-of-the-box, as those by their nature will differ across different applications.

Rather, responsible LLM-application deployment is achieved by implementing a series of safety best practices throughout the development of such applications, from the model pre-training, fine-tuning and the deployment of systems composed of safeguards to tailor the safety needs specifically to the use case and audience.

As part of the Llama 3 release, we updated our Responsible Use Guide to outline the steps and best practices for developers to implement model and system level safety for their application. We also provide a set of resources including Meta Llama Guard 2 and Code Shield safeguards. These tools have proven to drastically reduce residual risks of LLM Systems, while maintaining a high level of helpfulness. We encourage developers to tune and deploy these safeguards according to their needs and we provide a reference implementation to get you started.

Llama 3-Instruct

As outlined in the Responsible Use Guide, some trade-off between model helpfulness and model alignment is likely unavoidable. Developers should exercise discretion about how to weigh the benefits of alignment and helpfulness for their specific use case and audience. Developers should be mindful of residual risks when using Llama models and leverage additional safety tools as needed to reach the right safety bar for their use case.

Safety

For our instruction tuned model, we conducted extensive red teaming exercises, performed adversarial evaluations and implemented safety mitigations techniques to lower residual risks. As with any Large Language Model, residual risks will likely remain and we recommend that developers assess these risks in the context of their use case. In parallel, we are working with the community to make AI safety benchmark standards transparent, rigorous and interpretable.

Refusals

In addition to residual risks, we put a great emphasis on model refusals to benign prompts. Over-refusing not only can impact the user experience but could even be harmful in certain contexts as well. We’ve heard the feedback from the developer community and improved our fine tuning to ensure that Llama 3 is significantly less likely to falsely refuse to answer prompts than Llama 2.

We built internal benchmarks and developed mitigations to limit false refusals making Llama 3 our most helpful model to date.

Responsible release

In addition to responsible use considerations outlined above, we followed a rigorous process that requires us to take extra measures against misuse and critical risks before we make our release decision.

Misuse

If you access or use Llama 3, you agree to the Acceptable Use Policy. The most recent copy of this policy can be found at https://llama.meta.com/llama3/use-policy/.

Critical risks

CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and high yield Explosives)

We have conducted a two fold assessment of the safety of the model in this area:

  • Testing against a benchmark combining CBRNE and adversarial intent, as well as fine tuning the model to help ensure it refuses to provide detailed information to promote potential CBRNE harm.
  • Involving external CBRNE experts to conduct an uplift test assessing the ability of the model to accurately provide expert knowledge and reduce barriers to potential CBRNE misuse, by reference to what can be achieved using web search (without the model).

Cyber Security

We have evaluated Llama 3 with CyberSecEval, Meta’s cybersecurity safety eval suite, measuring Llama 3’s propensity to suggest insecure code when used as a coding assistant, and Llama 3’s propensity to comply with requests to help carry out cyber attacks, where attacks are defined by the industry standard MITRE ATT&CK cyber attack ontology. On our insecure coding and cyber attacker helpfulness tests, Llama 3 behaved in the same range or safer than models of equivalent coding capability.

Child Safety

Child Safety risk assessments were conducted using a team of experts, to assess the model’s capability to produce outputs that could result in Child Safety risks and inform on any necessary and appropriate risk mitigations via fine tuning. We leveraged those expert red teaming sessions to expand the coverage of our evaluation benchmarks through Llama 3 model development. For Llama 3, we conducted new in-depth sessions using objective based methodologies to assess the model risks along multiple attack vectors. We also partnered with content specialists to perform red teaming exercises assessing potentially violating content while taking account of market specific nuances or experiences.

Citation instructions

1@article{llama3modelcard, 2 title={Llama 3 Model Card}, 3 author={AI@Meta}, 4 year={2024}, 5 url = {https://github.com/meta-llama/llama3/blob/main/MODEL_CARD.md} 6}