Which has a longer context window, Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B or Finance Llama3 8B?

Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B supports 8,192 tokens and Finance Llama3 8B supports 8,192 tokens.

What is the difference between Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B and Finance Llama3 8B?

Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B is a 8B model from dphn (Llama 3 family), while Finance Llama3 8B is a 8.0B model from instruction-pretrain (Llama 3 family). Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.

Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B vs Finance Llama3 8B

Side-by-side comparison of VRAM requirements, quantization, context length, and hardware compatibility.

Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B

dphn · 8B

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Finance Llama3 8B

instruction-pretrain · 8.0B

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Specifications

	Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B	Finance Llama3 8B
Parameters	8B	8.0B
Context	8K	8K
Architecture	LlamaForCausalLM	LlamaForCausalLM
License	Other	Llama 3 Community
Downloads	13.1K	1.9K
Released	Jan 2026	Mar 2026

VRAM by Quantization: Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B vs Finance Llama3 8B

Quantization	Bits	Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B VRAM	Finance Llama3 8B VRAM
BF16	16.00	16.6 GB	—
FP16	16.00	—	16.6 GB

Verdict

Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B is the more widely downloaded of the two.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which has a longer context window, Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B or Finance Llama3 8B?: Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B supports 8,192 tokens and Finance Llama3 8B supports 8,192 tokens.
What is the difference between Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B and Finance Llama3 8B?: Dolphin 2.9 Llama3 8B is a 8B model from dphn (Llama 3 family), while Finance Llama3 8B is a 8.0B model from instruction-pretrain (Llama 3 family). Compare their VRAM requirements above to see which fits your GPU or Mac.