Llama 3.1 70B Free API on Cerebras

Free API

Available from Cerebras

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Llama 3.1 70B is available through Cerebras with 131K context and OpenAI Chat Completions API access.

Free APIOpenAI compatibleTool callingJSON modeText

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API Details

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Base URL

https://api.cerebras.ai/v1

Model ID

llama3.1-70b

API format OpenAI Chat Completions

Technical Details

Llama 3.1 70B specifications

Provider catalog

Context window 131K

Max output 8K

Status Online

Family llama-3-1-70b-instruct

Released Jul 23, 2024

Last updated Aug 6, 2026

Free listing since Jul 23, 2024

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Output text

Capabilities tool calling, structured output

Open weights Yes

AI Recommendation

Should you use Llama 3.1 70B?

Llama 3.1 70B is listed for chat, coding workloads and supports a 131K context window.

Use it when Cerebras's free tier is enough for evaluation, demos, or light production traffic.

Best for

Chat
Coding

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

Useful for coding workflows
Long context window
Tool calling support
Structured JSON output

Watch outs

Free-tier rate limits apply
Vision support is not listed

Benchmark Overview

Benchmark signals for Llama 3.1 70B

Measured data

Intelligence General reasoning and instruction following

12.5/100

Coding Programming and code generation

10.9/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

5.1/100

Speed Observed generation speed

58 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

131K

Pricing

Llama 3.1 70B pricing per 1M tokens

Free tier listed

Input $0.56 per 1M tokens

Output $0.56 per 1M tokens

Free access Available Cerebras

Rate limit See provider page provider policy

Availability

Llama 3.1 70B availability by provider

3 alternatives

We found 4 provider listings for llama-3-1-70b-instruct. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
Cerebras	Llama 3.1 70B	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	See provider page
Chutes.ai	Llama 3.1 70B	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	Community-powered, no hard cap
Glhf.chat	Llama 3.1 70B	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	Unlimited for free models
NVIDIA NIM	meta/llama-3.1-70b-instruct	Free tier	131K	OpenAI-style	Up to 40 RPM

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Compare

Llama 3.1 70B alternatives to consider

Open comparison

Model	Provider	Context	Access
Llama 3.1 70B	Chutes.ai	131K	Free tier
Llama 3.1 70B	Glhf.chat	131K	Free tier
meta/llama-3.1-70b-instruct	NVIDIA NIM	131K	Free tier
gpt-oss-120b	Cerebras	131K	Free tier
zai-glm-4.7 (deprecated Aug 2026)	Cerebras	131K	Free tier

Typical Use Cases

Llama 3.1 70B use cases

Chat

Llama 3.1 70B is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

Coding

Llama 3.1 70B is tagged for coding in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.

FAQ

Llama 3.1 70B free API FAQ

Is Llama 3.1 70B free to use?

Llama 3.1 70B is listed with free API access on Cerebras, subject to the provider's quota and account policy.

What is the Llama 3.1 70B model ID?

The model ID shown in this catalog is llama3.1-70b.

What context window does Llama 3.1 70B support?

The listed context window is 131K tokens with up to 8K output tokens.