Is Groq Llama 3.1 8B Instant deprecated?
Deprecated
Yes. Llama 3.1 8B Instant is deprecated and Groq shuts it down on 2026-08-16 — in 20 days.
Lifecycle dates
- Status
- Deprecated
- Deprecation announced
- Shutdown date
- (in 20 days)
Pricing & context
- Input
- $0.05 / M tokens
- Output
- $0.08 / M tokens
- Context window
- 131.1K tokens
- Model maker
- Meta
Sources
- groq.com https://groq.com/pricing
- console.groq.com https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
- console.groq.com https://console.groq.com/docs/models
Verified against the source on . Dataset snapshot . Providers can change a date without notice — the link above is always the final word.
Common questions
- Is Llama 3.1 8B Instant deprecated?
- Yes. Llama 3.1 8B Instant is deprecated and Groq shuts it down on 2026-08-16 — in 20 days.
- When does Llama 3.1 8B Instant shut down?
- Groq has announced 2026-08-16 as the shutdown date for Llama 3.1 8B Instant.
- What does Llama 3.1 8B Instant cost?
- $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.08 per million output tokens, as last verified on 2026-07-18.
- What can I use instead of Llama 3.1 8B Instant?
- Active alternatives from Groq include GPT-OSS 20B, GPT-OSS 120B, Qwen3.6 27B.