Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B
Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B supports general conversation, reasoning and structured responses. It is a Nous post-training release of a Meta base model.
Training and model behavior
The 8B release uses the Llama 3.1 base. It adds Hermes training for multi-turn dialogue, function calls, structured responses and code generation.Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B model card
Working with this model
Practical guidance. Use the shipped chat template when migrating a conversation. Compare instruction following and tool syntax on your own prompts. A larger parameter count increases memory requirements but does not guarantee better answers on every task.
Download formats
Nous also publishes GGUF packages for this model. These are deployment formats of the same release.Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B GGUF package
Specifications & access
| Detail | Value and conditions |
|---|---|
| Launch date | August 2024 |
| Access | Downloadable |
| Model identifiers | NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B |
| Context window | 131,072 tokens Configured position limit; practical serving limits depend on the runtime. Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B configuration |
| Base model | meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3.1-8BHermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B model card |
| Repository license label | llama3Hermes 3 Llama 3.1 8B model card |
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