Llama 3 8B · Embedded state

Embedded state

tensorh · 279

Learned token vectors entering the first transformer block.

shape: $x_0$ [B batch, T positions, 4096 d]

Codemodel.py 253–260, 279–280 · sku_list.py 19, 188–207

        super().__init__()
        self.params = params
        self.vocab_size = params.vocab_size
        self.n_layers = params.n_layers

        self.tok_embeddings = VocabParallelEmbedding(
            params.vocab_size, params.dim, init_method=lambda x: x
        )

model.py 279–280

        _bsz, seqlen = tokens.shape
        h = self.tok_embeddings(tokens)

sku_list.py 19

LLAMA3_VOCAB_SIZE = 128256

sku_list.py 188–207

def llama3_base_models() -> list[Model]:
    return [
        Model(
            core_model_id=CoreModelId.llama3_8b,
            description="Llama 3 8b model",
            huggingface_repo="meta-llama/Llama-3-8B",
            arch_args={
                "dim": 4096,
                "n_layers": 32,
                "n_heads": 32,
                "n_kv_heads": 8,
                "vocab_size": LLAMA3_VOCAB_SIZE,
                "ffn_dim_multiplier": 1.3,
                "multiple_of": 1024,
                "norm_eps": 1e-05,
                "rope_theta": 500000.0,
                "use_scaled_rope": False,
            },
            pth_file_count=1,
        ),

Sources2

Contextual evidence

The model constructs a vocabulary-by-feature token embedding and looks up the supplied token IDs.

model-embedding · meta-llama/llama3 / llama/model.py
Pinned revision a0940f9cf706 ↗ · lines 253–280

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        super().__init__()
        self.params = params
        self.vocab_size = params.vocab_size
        self.n_layers = params.n_layers

        self.tok_embeddings = VocabParallelEmbedding(
            params.vocab_size, params.dim, init_method=lambda x: x
        )

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        _bsz, seqlen = tokens.shape
        h = self.tok_embeddings(tokens)

Contextual evidence

Meta’s original Llama 3 8B base catalogue entry supplies dimensions, head counts, vocabulary, MLP rounding settings, epsilon and unscaled RoPE settings.

config · meta-llama/llama-models / models/sku_list.py
Pinned revision 0e0b8c519242 ↗ · lines 19–207

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LLAMA3_VOCAB_SIZE = 128256

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def llama3_base_models() -> list[Model]:
    return [
        Model(
            core_model_id=CoreModelId.llama3_8b,
            description="Llama 3 8b model",
            huggingface_repo="meta-llama/Llama-3-8B",
            arch_args={
                "dim": 4096,
                "n_layers": 32,
                "n_heads": 32,
                "n_kv_heads": 8,
                "vocab_size": LLAMA3_VOCAB_SIZE,
                "ffn_dim_multiplier": 1.3,
                "multiple_of": 1024,
                "norm_eps": 1e-05,
                "rope_theta": 500000.0,
                "use_scaled_rope": False,
            },
            pth_file_count=1,
        ),