Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct SOTA? No

Q: Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct state of the art?

No. Best recorded rank is #213 in Reasoning. As of Oct 14, 2026, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct from Meta. Best recorded rank is #213 in Reasoning. Last listed at #213 in Reasoning on 2024-07-23.

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Is Llama 3.1 8B Instruct state of the art?

No.Best recorded rank is #213 in Reasoning.

As of Oct 14, 2026, Llama 3.1 8B Instruct from Meta. Best recorded rank is #213 in Reasoning. Last listed at #213 in Reasoning on 2024-07-23.

Computed automaticallyas of Oct 14, 2026methodology v1.0confidence: low

ReasoningNot SOTA · #213#213 · 0d ScienceNot SOTA · #213#213 · 0d

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Last listed at #213 in Reasoning on 2024-07-23.

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Evidence

Scores come from the latest ingested snapshot

Source	Score	Date	Type	Receipt
GPQA Diamond Llama-3.1-8B-Instruct	0.26957070707070707 0.2–0.3	2024-07-23	INDEP.	snap_e03cddec1fbb

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Category	This model	Why
Reasoning	Not SOTA · #213	Last listed at #213 in Reasoning on 2024-07-23.
Science	Not SOTA · #213	Last listed at #213 in Science on 2024-07-23. That board does not award a crown.