Does Llama 3.1 8B Instant support zero data retention?

Yes. Llama 3.1 8B Instant is available with zero data retention on Groq through the Opper gateway.

Where is Llama 3.1 8B Instant hosted?

Llama 3.1 8B Instant runs on US hosting routes through the Opper gateway.

Is Llama 3.1 8B Instant trained on prompts and outputs?

No. Every hosting route for Llama 3.1 8B Instant is configured so customer prompts and outputs are not used to train models by default.

Is a GDPR DPA available for Llama 3.1 8B Instant?

Yes. A GDPR Data Processing Agreement is available on at least one route serving Llama 3.1 8B Instant. Contact hello@opper.ai to receive it.

Llama 3.1 8B Instant

by Meta

Llama 3.1 8B Instant is a fast, lightweight build of Meta's Llama 3.1 8B, tuned for quick responses in interactive and real-time use cases. With 8 billion parameters and a 128,000-token context window, it suits synchronous APIs and conversational applications that need rapid turnaround. Despite its small size, the model supports tool calling and structured output generation, enabling function-based agent patterns in lightweight settings. Multilingual training covers eight officially supported languages, and the open-weight foundation allows customization and self-hosting. It fits chatbots, code completion, content classification, and customer-facing applications where responsiveness is the priority, making it a practical choice for high-volume production services.

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Key info

Input

Output

Features

Context window

128K

Max output

Input price

$0.05 /1M

Output price

$0.08 /1M

US residency available
Zero data retention on pay-as-you-go
No training by default
GDPR DPA available

Available routes

Llama 3.1 8B Instant runs on 1 route through the Opper gateway. Compare residency, zero data retention and training posture at a glance, with full data-handling detail per route below.

Provider	Region	Zero data retention	Training	Input	Output	Cache read
Groq	US		No	$0.05	$0.08	Input price

Uptime and availability

Llama 3.1 8B Instant runs on a single route through the Opper gateway today, so its availability is that provider's availability.

100%route uptime, last 30 days

Single route, no failover target within this model.

Name a second model in the same request and the gateway tries it on retriable errors, so a busy hour never has to reach your users. Set up a fallback chain.

Measured over the last 30 days from each provider's official status feed via StatusGator. Refreshed hourly. See uptime for every provider Opper monitors.

Data handling per route

Each route hosting Llama 3.1 8B Instant has its own privacy posture, residency, and GDPR terms. Postures are maintained by Opper with a last-verification timestamp.

Groq — United States🇺🇸

Zero data retention: nothing is logged, held for abuse monitoring or used for training. No training on customer data. US; SCCs; DPA available.

Zero data retention: Yes. Nothing is logged, held for abuse monitoring or used for training.
Training: No training on customer data.
Logging: None
Abuse monitoring: No classifier
Caching: Content cached for replay
GDPR DPA: DPA available
Transfer mechanism: SCCs

Get started

Call Llama 3.1 8B Instant through the Opper gateway with one API key. Opper is drop-in compatible with the OpenAI, Anthropic and Google AI SDKs.

Llama 3.1 8B Instant is a premium model on Opper. Sign up needs no credit card: you get an API key straight away and the free models work in the playground and the API. Add a card to use premium models, pay-as-you-go with no minimum.

Set it up with your agent

Copy this and paste it into a coding agent like Claude Code, Cursor or Codex and it'll wire up Opper for you.

Or call it directly

1import OpenAI from "openai";
2
3const client = new OpenAI({
4  apiKey: process.env.OPPER_API_KEY,
5  baseURL: "https://api.opper.ai/v3/compat",
6});
7
8const completion = await client.chat.completions.create({
9  model: "groq/llama-3.1-8b-instant",
10  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
11});
12console.log(completion.choices[0].message.content);