Open-weight LLMs you can run yourself › Meta Llama 3 8B
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Meta Llama 3 8B is an open-weight LLM from Meta with 8B parameters. It needs about 5 GB of memory at 4-bit — smallest setups that run it: PC with a GPU 8 GB, PC or laptop, no GPU 16 GB, Mac 16 GB.
| Parameters | 8B |
| Memory to run | ~5 GB (at 4-bit, rough estimate) |
| Downloads | 793.5K (last 30 days on Hugging Face) |
| Likes | 6.8K |
| License | Llama 3 |
| First uploaded | Apr 17, 2024 |
| Hosted from | not hosted |
| Phone | iPhone · Android: too big |
| PC with a GPU | 8 GB: fits · 12 GB: fits · 16 GB: fits · 24 GB: fits · 32 GB: fits |
| PC or laptop, no GPU | 16 GB: fits · 32 GB: fits · 64 GB: fits |
| Mac | 16 GB: fits · 32 GB: fits · 64 GB: fits · 128 GB: fits |
huggingface.co/meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct
Data: Hugging Face (official accounts), Oct 16, 2026 · memory is a rough estimate (4-bit for LLMs, 8-bit for image and video, plus 10%) · hosted price: OpenRouter