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# Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct

> Use NeMo AutoModel to fine-tune Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct for LLM workflows with checked-in text generation recipes and documented distributed settings.

[Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct) has a checked-in NeMo AutoModel recipe for text generation.
The Hugging Face configuration declares the `LlamaForCausalLM` architecture.

## Fine-Tune Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct

Follow the [installation instructions](/get-started/installation), then run the recipe from the repository root:

```bash
automodel examples/llm_finetune/llama3_2/llama_3_2_3b_instruct_squad.yaml --nproc-per-node 8
```

## Choose a Workflow

| Goal                                         | Start Here                                                                                                                                           |
| -------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Run the primary recipe for this model        | Use the [recipe configuration](https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Automodel/blob/main/examples/llm_finetune/llama3_2/llama_3_2_3b_instruct_squad.yaml).  |
| Try another checked-in recipe for this model | Use the [alternate recipe](https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Automodel/blob/main/examples/llm_finetune/llama3_2/llama_3_2_3b_instruct_squad_peft.yaml). |

### Configuration

| Setting  | Configuration                 |
| -------- | ----------------------------- |
| Hardware | -                             |
| Strategy | FSDP2; tp\_size=1, cp\_size=1 |
| Nodes    | -                             |
| Features | Checkpointing (enabled=true)  |
| Advanced | bf16                          |

### More Recipes for This Model

* [`llama_3_2_3b_instruct_squad_peft.yaml`](https://github.com/NVIDIA-NeMo/Automodel/blob/main/examples/llm_finetune/llama3_2/llama_3_2_3b_instruct_squad_peft.yaml)

## Model Reference

### Model Architecture

| Property     | Value              |
| ------------ | ------------------ |
| Task         | Text generation    |
| Architecture | `LlamaForCausalLM` |

### Available Models

* [`meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct`](https://huggingface.co/meta-llama/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct)

## Related Resources

* [LLM fine-tuning guide](/recipes-e2e-examples/sft-peft)