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Meta Llama 3 8B vs Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
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Winner summary
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct wins on 6/11 benchmarks
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct wins 6 of 11 shared benchmarks. Leads in language.
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Attention vs performance
Meta Llama 3 8B
#167 by perf·no signal
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
#160 by perf·no signal
Best value
Pricing unknown
Meta Llama 3 8B
n/a
no price
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
n/a
no price
Vendor risk
Who is behind the model
Meta AI
$1.87T·Tier 1
Meta AI
$1.87T·Tier 1
Head to head
11 benchmarks · 2 models
Meta Llama 3 8BMeta Llama 3 8B Instruct
BBH (HuggingFace)
Meta Llama 3 8B leads by +20.5
Meta Llama 3 8B
48.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
28.2
GPQA
Meta Llama 3 8B leads by +18.5
Meta Llama 3 8B
19.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.2
IFEval
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +58.0
Meta Llama 3 8B
16.0
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
74.1
MATH Level 5
Meta Llama 3 8B leads by +9.9
Meta Llama 3 8B
18.6
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
8.7
MMLU-PRO
Meta Llama 3 8B leads by +11.6
Meta Llama 3 8B
41.2
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
29.6
MUSR
Meta Llama 3 8B leads by +14.4
Meta Llama 3 8B
16.0
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
1.6
JCommonsenseQA
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +4.8
Meta Llama 3 8B
82.9
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
87.7
JMMLU
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +2.0
Meta Llama 3 8B
44.7
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
46.7
JNLI
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.2
Meta Llama 3 8B
60.9
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
61.1
JSQuAD
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.6
Meta Llama 3 8B
88.9
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
89.5
LLM-JP · Overall
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct leads by +0.8
Meta Llama 3 8B
48.9
Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct
49.6
Full benchmark table
| Benchmark | Meta Llama 3 8B | Meta Llama 3 8B Instruct |
|---|---|---|
BBH (HuggingFace) | 48.7 | 28.2 |
GPQA | 19.7 | 1.2 |
IFEval | 16.0 | 74.1 |
MATH Level 5 | 18.6 | 8.7 |
MMLU-PRO | 41.2 | 29.6 |
MUSR | 16.0 | 1.6 |
JCommonsenseQA | 82.9 | 87.7 |
JMMLU | 44.7 | 46.7 |
JNLI | 60.9 | 61.1 |
JSQuAD | 88.9 | 89.5 |
LLM-JP · Overall | 48.9 | 49.6 |
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
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