What is Llama?
Llama — A family of open-weight large language models developed and released by Meta.
Meta’s Llama models are the most widely adopted open-weight LLMs. Llama 3 comes in 8B and 70B parameter variants and performs competitively with proprietary models. Organizations can run Llama on their own infrastructure for complete data privacy and zero API costs.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I use Llama for commercial purposes?
Yes, under Meta’s community license. It is free for organizations with fewer than 700 million monthly active users, which covers virtually all businesses.
How does Llama compare to GPT-4?
Llama 3 70B approaches GPT-4 performance on many benchmarks. For specialized tasks with fine-tuning, it can match or exceed GPT-4 while running entirely on your own infrastructure.
What hardware do I need to run Llama?
The 8B model runs on a single consumer GPU (16GB+ VRAM). The 70B model requires multiple GPUs or quantization to fit in memory. Cloud GPU instances are the easiest starting point.