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Llama 3 8B Base

Meta's eight-billion-parameter Llama 3 pretrained checkpoint, distributed as downloadable weights and across a broad cloud and hardware ecosystem.

DOOM SCORE47.6out of 100model risk profile, not the overall index
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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 3

Why this model scores 47.6

Moderate general capability and little intrinsic agency are offset by lightweight operation, downloadable weights and broad distribution that make access extensive and centralized control difficult.

Capability46
Autonomy4
Deployment96
Misuse potential44
Control difficulty60
MODEL-ATTRIBUTED EVIDENCE

News tied to Llama 3 8B Base

The model score of 47.6 rates this model's risk profile. The overall Doom Index of 67.9 measures the complete temporally weighted evidence record. These values answer different questions.

NET MODEL-ATTRIBUTED INDEX CONTRIBUTION+0.05

Each article's current Doom Index contribution is divided equally among the exact models named on that article. This prevents multi-model evidence from being claimed in full on several model pages. Model risk scores use a bounded temporal offset around their technical profile, but never feed back into the overall index.

Race TOWARD

Meta releases Llama 3 8B and 70B base and instruction models

Meta released Llama 3 in 8-billion and 70-billion parameter base and instruction-tuned variants, with downloadable weights, broad planned cloud distribution and new Llama Guard 2, Code Shield and CyberSec Eval 2 safety tools.

Full item contribution
+0.18
Llama 3 8B Base equal share
+0.05
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Model score history

  1. R3
    Doom Score 47.6

    Exact-version evidence chronology replayed after run doombench-hourly-news-20260812-142416 under temporal-monthly-pressure-v4.

    12 Aug 2026
  2. R2
    Doom Score 48.2

    Exact-version evidence chronology replayed after run doombench-hourly-news-20260812-132112 under fixed-sensitivity-v3.

    12 Aug 2026
  3. R1
    Doom Score 49.5

    New exact Llama 3 8B Base public model profile.

    12 Aug 2026
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  1. Llama 3 8B Base by Meta has a DoomBench model risk score of 47.6 out of 100, based on five transparent version-specific dimensions rather than the overall index.

  2. Llama 3 8B Base's highest current DoomBench dimension is deployment at 96.0 out of 100; the profile publishes every component score and its editorial rationale.

  3. DoomBench links 1 source-backed evidence item to Llama 3 8B Base, while keeping the model's risk profile separate from each item's contribution to the live Doom Index.

    https://www.doombench.com/models/meta-llama-3-8b-base