Title: Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Llama 3.1 405B: %CE%A0%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%AC%CE%BC%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B9 %E2%80%94 LLM EU Canonical: https://llmeu.com/el/compare/llama-3-1-8b-instruct-vs-llama-3-1-405b/ Markdown mirror: https://llmeu.com/el/compare/llama-3-1-8b-instruct-vs-llama-3-1-405b.md Machine-readable: https://llmeu.com/llms.txt (index) - https://llmeu.com/llms-full.txt (full catalogue) - https://llmeu.com/llms-catalogue.json # Llama 3.1 8B Instruct vs Llama 3.1 405B %CE%92%CE%AC%CE%BB%CF%84%CE%B5 %CE%B4%CF%8D%CE%BF %CE%AD%CF%89%CF%82 %CF%84%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B1 %CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1 %CE%B4%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1-%CE%B4%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%BB%CE%B1 %CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1 %CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1 %CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85 %CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%B6%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD %CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B1 %CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%AC%CF%80%CF%84%CF%85%CE%BE%CE%B7: %CF%83%CF%85%CE%BC%CF%86%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%B6%CF%8C%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B1, %CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AE, %CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%87%CE%AE, %CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1, %CE%B3%CE%BB%CF%8E%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%82, %CF%86%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%BE%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1 %CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9 %CF%84%CE%B9 %CE%B5%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%B9 %CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%B8%CE%B5%CF%85%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%BF. %CE%8C%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85 %CE%B4%CF%8D%CE%BF %CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CE%B1 %CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%AD%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BD, %CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CF%8C%CF%82 %CE%BF %CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%B1%CF%82 %CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%AF%CF%87%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9 %CF%84%CE%B7 %CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%B1%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%AC %CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9 %CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC. %CE%A4%CE%BF LLM EU %CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%BD %CE%B4%CE%B7%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%B5%CF%8D%CE%B5%CE%B9 %CF%83%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1 %CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B7%CF%84%CE%AE %CF%87%CF%89%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%82 %CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BA%CE%BC%CE%B7%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%89%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B7 %CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%B8%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%B1 %CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1 %CE%B1%CF%85%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%BD %CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD %CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1, %CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%B9 %CE%BC%CE%B9%CE%B1 %CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AE %CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85 %CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9 %CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9 %CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%83%CE%B1 %CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AF %CE%BD%CE%B1 %CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%B9 %CE%BC%CE%B7%CE%B4%CE%AD%CE%BD. ## %CE%A0%CF%8C%CF%84%CE%B5 %CE%BD%CE%B1 %CF%84%CE%BF %CF%87%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%AE%CF%83%CE%B5%CF%84%CE%B5 ### [Llama 3.1 8B Instruct](/el/models/llama-3-1-8b-instruct/) #### %CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1 - 128k-token context window at the 8B size class - very broad tooling and quantisation support - published EU21 evaluation against European-focused models #### %CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%AF - Llama 3.1 Community License, not an OSI licence, with a 700M MAU threshold - English-centric training data; weaker on smaller EU languages - released July 2024 and behind current 8B models #### %CE%95%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82 [%CE%A7%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B7%CE%BB%CF%8C %CE%BA%CF%8C%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82](/el/tasks/cheap/), [%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%AC%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B7 (RAG)](/el/tasks/rag/), [%CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%88%CE%B7](/el/tasks/summarization/), [%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BB%CF%89%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B7 %CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BE%CE%B7](/el/tasks/multilingual-support/), [%CE%A5%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BE%CE%B7 %CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B1%CF%84%CF%8E%CE%BD](/el/tasks/customer-support/) ### [Llama 3.1 405B](/el/models/llama-3-1-405b/) #### %CE%A0%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B5%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%AE%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%B1 - open weights are published on Hugging Face and can be downloaded without a vendor agreement - the model page lists 6 languages the European Union publishes in, including en, de, fr, it #### %CE%A0%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%AF - catalogue only %E2%80%94 LLM EU does not run this model, and nothing on this card implies an LLM EU endpoint - no evaluation has been run by LLM EU - the published configuration records no context window, so the card carries none - at 405.9B parameters, self-hosting needs a multi-node deployment rather than a single server #### %CE%95%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82 [%CE%A3%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE](/el/tasks/reasoning/), [%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BB%CF%89%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B7 %CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BE%CE%B7](/el/tasks/multilingual-support/) **%CE%95%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B5%CF%82:** [%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BB%CF%89%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B7 %CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%AE%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BE%CE%B7](/el/tasks/multilingual-support/) ## %CE%A3%CF%8D%CE%B3%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%B7 %CE%BC%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%AD%CE%BB%CF%89%CE%BD - [Aya 23 8B vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct](/el/compare/aya-23-8b-vs-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/) - [Aya Expanse 8B vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct](/el/compare/aya-expanse-8b-vs-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/) - [Command A+ (05-2026) vs Llama 3.1 405B](/el/compare/command-a-plus-05-2026-vs-llama-3-1-405b/) - [Deepseek Coder 7B Instruct V1.5 vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct](/el/compare/deepseek-coder-7b-instruct-v1-5-vs-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/) - [DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite Instruct vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct](/el/compare/deepseek-coder-v2-lite-instruct-vs-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/) - [DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B vs Llama 3.1 8B Instruct](/el/compare/deepseek-r1-0528-qwen3-8b-vs-llama-3-1-8b-instruct/)