Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Cloudflare Workers AI is a lightweight, edge-deployed version of Meta's 8B model optimized with FP8 quantization for fast inference.
https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/{account_id}/ai/run cf-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct-fp8-fast llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8-fast is listed for chat workloads and supports a 131K context window.
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We found 3 provider listings for llama-3-1-8b-instruct. Check model ID, quota, pricing, and API format before switching providers.
| Provider | Model listing | Access | Context | API | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | @cf/meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8-fast | Check provider | 131K | Native | 10K neurons/day (shared) |
| | Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Free tier | 128K | Native | Credit-metered |
| | meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct | Free tier | 8K | Native | Varies |
| Model | Provider | Context | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta-Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct | Hugging Face | 128K | Free tier |
| meta/llama-3.1-8b-instruct | NVIDIA NIM | 8K | Free tier |
| Mistral 7B | Cloudflare Workers AI | 33K | Free tier |
| Qwen 1.5 7B | Cloudflare Workers AI | 33K | Free tier |
| @cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast | Cloudflare Workers AI | 131K | Free tier |
llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8-fast is tagged for chat in this catalog and works with OpenAI-compatible client libraries.
llama-3.1-8b-instruct-fp8-fast appears in the free model catalog for Cloudflare Workers AI, but its current endpoint availability should be confirmed with the provider before use.
The model ID shown in this catalog is cf-meta-llama-3-1-8b-instruct-fp8-fast.
The listed free tier limit is 10K neurons/day (shared). Limits can change per account tier, so confirm against the provider dashboard.
The listed context window is 131K tokens with up to 131K output tokens.
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct on Cloudflare Workers AI is a lightweight, edge-deployed version of Meta's 8B model optimized with FP8 quantization for fast inference. It is the fastest and most cost-efficient option in Cloudflare's free catalog — ideal for high-volume, low-latency tasks like chat routing, text classification, summarization, or simple Q&A where a 70B+ model would be overkill. Like all Cloudflare Workers AI models, it shares the 10,000 Neurons/day free pool and uses a Cloudflare-specific API format. For developers already on Cloudflare's ecosystem, it integrates directly with Workers and Pages with minimal cold start.
For API keys, setup steps, and provider-level limits, see the Cloudflare Workers AI provider page.