Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo
Together AI chat Deprecated 243d agomodel fallback routing to swap models without code changes.
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo is a Together AI chat model.It supports a 131,072-token context window.Input is priced at $0.180/M tokens and output at $0.180/M tokens. Route Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo via Future AGI's Agent Command Center for unified observability, caching, and 15 routing strategies including cost-optimized fallback.
Estimate Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo spend
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Estimate uses $0.1800/M input · $0.1800/M output. Provider pricing changes. Production costs vary with retries, streaming overhead, and tool-call rounds.
Want this for free? Cache + route via Agent Command Center — first 100K requests and 100K cache hits free every month.
Pricing
Per-token rates, expressed in USD per 1M tokens. Verified Oct 22, 2026.
| Input | $0.180/M | |
| Output | $0.180/M | |
| Blended (3:1 in:out) | $0.180/M Cross-model comparable price |
Context & limits
- Context window
- 131,072 tokens
- Max input
- 131,072 tokens
- Max output
- —
- Modalities
- text
Capabilities
- Function calling — not advertised
- Parallel tool calls — not advertised
- Vision input — not advertised
- Audio input — not advertised
- Audio output — not advertised
- PDF input — not advertised
- Streaming ✓ supported
- Structured output — not advertised
- Prompt caching — not advertised
- Reasoning — not advertised
Strengths & caveats — when to pick Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo
Data-driven from Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo's percentile within chat peers.
Where it's strong
Watch out for
- !high cost — input + output rates are in the top 90% of priced chat peers; consider a cheaper sibling for high-volume workloads
- !agentic workflows — no advertised function-calling; use a tool-capable model and route via Agent Command Center for fallback
- !strict structured output — no JSON-schema enforcement, expect retry loops
- !already deprecated — provider stopped accepting new traffic 243 days ago
Benchmarks pending
We haven't logged public benchmark scores for Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo yet. Have one to contribute? Submit a source — citations help us prioritise.
Call Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo via Agent Command Center
One OpenAI-compatible endpoint. Routing, fallback, semantic caching, guardrails, and cost tracking come along for the ride. First 100K requests + 100K cache hits free every month.
agentcc / @agentcc/client). Per-call metadata — provider, cost, latency, cache hit, request id — is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers, so any HTTP client can read it.# Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo via the Agent Command Center Python SDK
# pip install agentcc
import os
from agentcc import AgentCC
client = AgentCC(
api_key=os.environ["AGENTCC_API_KEY"], # from app.futureagi.com → Settings → API Keys
base_url="https://gateway.futureagi.com/v1",
)
resp = client.chat.completions.create(
model="together-ai/meta-llama-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct-turbo",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo!"}],
)
print(resp.choices[0].message.content)
print(f"Tokens: {resp.usage.total_tokens}")
# Per-call gateway metadata is returned on x-agentcc-* response headers.
# When you need it programmatically, use .with_raw_response to get them:
raw = client.chat.completions.with_raw_response.create(
model="together-ai/meta-llama-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct-turbo",
messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Same call, but I want the headers."}],
)
print("Provider:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-provider"))
print("Latency:", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-latency-ms"), "ms")
print("Cost: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cost"), "USD")
print("Cache: ", raw.headers.get("x-agentcc-cache"))AGENTCC_API_KEY with a key fromapp.futureagi.com.Gateway docs ↗Same model on other providers
meta-llama-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct-turbo is also available via 1 other route. Pricing, regions, and capabilities can differ — compare before routing production traffic.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepInfra | $0.0200/M | $0.0400/M | Oct 22, 2026 |
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FAQ
How much does Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo cost?
Input is priced at $0.180 per 1M tokens and output at $0.180 per 1M tokens (Together AI, last verified Oct 22, 2026).
What is the context window of Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo?
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo supports a 131,072-token context window.
Does Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo support function calling?
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo does not currently advertise function-calling support. For agentic workloads, prefer a tool-calling-capable model and route via Agent Command Center for fallback.
Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo good for production?
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo is best evaluated against your own production traces. Pipe traffic through Agent Command Center to compare it head-to-head against alternatives in shadow mode.
How can I route to Llama 3.1 8B Instruct Turbo with fallback?
Use Agent Command Center: a single OpenAI-compatible endpoint that supports cost-optimized routing, latency-aware retries, model fallback, and shadow traffic. Configure once, swap models without app changes.
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