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Reviewed May 2026

Llama 3.3 8B Instruct

Meta's Llama 3.3 at 8B. Drop-in upgrade from Llama 3.1 8B; same hardware envelope, better instruction following.

License: Llama Community License·Released Apr 12, 2025·Context: 131,072 tokens

Overview

Meta's Llama 3.3 at 8B. Drop-in upgrade from Llama 3.1 8B; same hardware envelope, better instruction following.

Family & lineage

How this model relates to others in its lineage. Family members share architecture and training-data roots; parent / children edges record direct distillation or fine-tune relationships.

Parent / base model
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct8B
Consumer
Family siblings (llama-3.x)
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct1B
Edge
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct3B
Edge
Llama 3.3 8B Instruct8B
You are here
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct8B
Consumer
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct70B
Datacenter
Llama 3.1 70B Instruct70B
Datacenter

Strengths

  • Drop-in upgrade from 3.1 8B
  • Better instruction polish

Weaknesses

  • Llama Community License unchanged

Quantization variants

Each quantization trades model quality for file size and VRAM. Q4_K_M is the most popular starting point.

QuantizationFile sizeVRAM required
Q4_K_M4.9 GB7 GB

Get the model

HuggingFace

Original weights

huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.3-8B-Instruct

Source repository — direct quantization required.

Hardware that runs this

Cards with enough VRAM for at least one quantization of Llama 3.3 8B Instruct.

NVIDIA GB200 NVL72
13824GB · nvidia
AMD Instinct MI355X
288GB · amd
AMD Instinct MI325X
256GB · amd
AMD Instinct MI300X
192GB · amd
NVIDIA B200
192GB · nvidia
NVIDIA H100 NVL
188GB · nvidia
NVIDIA H200
141GB · nvidia
Intel Gaudi 3
128GB · intel
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Frequently asked

What's the minimum VRAM to run Llama 3.3 8B Instruct?

7GB of VRAM is enough to run Llama 3.3 8B Instruct at the Q4_K_M quantization (file size 4.9 GB). Higher-quality quantizations need more.

Can I use Llama 3.3 8B Instruct commercially?

Yes — Llama 3.3 8B Instruct ships under the Llama Community License, which permits commercial use. Always read the license text before deployment.

What's the context length of Llama 3.3 8B Instruct?

Llama 3.3 8B Instruct supports a context window of 131,072 tokens (about 131K).

Source: huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.3-8B-Instruct

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