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Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-8B-v1

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Llama-3.1-Nemotron-Nano-8B-v1 is an 8B open-weights reasoning language model from NVIDIA, derived from Meta's Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct and released at GTC 2025 as the Nano size of the Llama Nemotron family, also offered as a hosted API. Reasoning can be switched on or off through the system prompt, and NVIDIA positions it for PCs and edge devices. [1] [2] [3] Primary source

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  • Released Primary source[1]Release Date; Model Version [2]dateline; Availability
  • Status AvailableOpen weights still downloadable from NVIDIA's Hugging Face organisation. NVIDIA has marked only its hosted API endpoint on build.nvidia.com as deprecated (see notes); no deprecation of the model weights was found. Primary source[1]model card and files
  • Derived from (fine tune) Llama 3.1 (Meta) Primary source[1]base: Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct
    • Input text Primary source[1]Input
    • Output text Primary source[1]Output
    • Feature Reasoning modeReasoning on or off is selected through the system prompt. Primary source[1]Quick Start and Usage Recommendations [4]abstract
    • Feature Tool use Primary source[1]Model Overview
    • Open weights YesGoverned by the NVIDIA Open Model License; the Llama 3.1 Community License Agreement also applies (Built with Llama). Primary source[1]License/Terms of Use
    • Context window 131,072 tokens tokensThe model overview also gives the context length as 128K. Primary source[1]Input
    • Parameters 8B Primary source[3]Nano [4]abstract
    • Access Open-weights download, APIHosted preview API and NIM microservice on build.nvidia.com at release; NVIDIA has since marked the hosted API deprecated (no longer supported after 08/25/2026). Primary source[2]Availability [1]Quick Start and Usage Recommendations [5]endpoint page

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    • Llama 3.1 · Meta · 23 July 2024 · derived (fine tune)

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