Llama 3.1 70B API Trial on Cerebras

Limited trial

Available from Cerebras

★★★★★★★★★★ 3.5 Benchmark-backed score

Open Llama instruction model for multilingual chat, reasoning, and coding

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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 and model catalog

Context window 131K

Max output 8K

Status Check provider

Family llama

Knowledge cutoff 2023-12

Released Jul 23, 2024

Last updated Sep 28, 2026

Provider listing since Jul 23, 2024

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Capabilities tool calling, structured output, temperature control

Open weights Yes

Weights Hugging Face

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.

Cerebras offers a limited trial: $5 in credits that expire 30 days after they are granted. New accounts must add a verified payment method to activate API and Playground access. There is no permanently free tier or automatically renewing free allowance. After the credits run out or expire, purchase credits to continue using the API.

Best for

Chat
Coding

Strengths & Weaknesses

Strengths

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

Watch outs

Trial credits expire; continued API use requires payment
Trial 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

6.6/100

Coding Programming and code generation

10.9/100

Agentic Tool use and multi-step tasks

5.1/100

Speed Observed generation speed

52 tok/s

Context Maximum listed context window

131K

Pricing

Llama 3.1 70B pricing per 1M tokens

Trial credits required

Input $0.56 per 1M tokens

Output $0.56 per 1M tokens

Access Limited trial Cerebras

Rate limit See provider page provider policy

Availability

Llama 3.1 70B availability by provider

2 alternatives

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

Trial policy Cerebras offers a limited trial: $5 in credits that expire 30 days after they are granted. New accounts must add a verified payment method to activate API and Playground access. There is no permanently free tier or automatically renewing free allowance. After the credits run out or expire, purchase credits to continue using the API.

Provider	Model listing	Access	Context	API	Limits
Cerebras	Llama 3.1 70B	Limited trial	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

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Llama 3.1 70B alternatives to consider

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Model	Provider	Context	Access
Llama 3.1 70B	Chutes.ai	131K	Free tier
Llama 3.1 70B	Glhf.chat	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 API trial FAQ

Is Llama 3.1 70B free to use?

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.

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