Is Groq Llama 3 70B deprecated?
No longer available. Groq shut Llama 3 70B down on 2025-08-30 — calls to it fail.
What kind of model is this?
Tags describe what Llama 3 70B takes in, what it is built for and how you can get it. Modality, access and language tags follow Groq's own documentation; tier and use-case tags are our reading of the line-up.
- Modality
- Use case
- Tier
- Access
Specifications
- Input price
- unknown
- Output price
- unknown
- Price band
- unknown
- Context window
- unknown
- Max output
- unknown
- Input
- Text
- Output
- Text
- Knowledge cutoff
- unknown
- Tool use
- unknown
- Structured output
- unknown
- Weights licence
- Llama 3.x Community License
- Model maker
- Meta
“unknown” means the figure has not been published, or we have not verified it yet — never that the answer is no. “not published” under the weights licence means this model is not offered with downloadable weights. The price band is ours: it bands the blended price (three parts input to one part output) as budget (≤ $0.50), standard (≤ $3), premium (≤ $12) or flagship.
Lifecycle
- Released unknown
- Deprecated
- Retired
What is it good for?
No editorial profile for this model yet. The specifications above come from Groq's own documentation and the suggestions below are derived from the data — shared tags, tier and price band — not written by hand.
What to use instead of Llama 3 70B
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MiniMax M2.7 Derived
Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat.
— in · — out / M tokens 196.6K context
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Qwen3.6 27B Derived
Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat.
$0.60 in · $3.00 out / M tokens 131.1K context
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Qwen3.8 27B Derived
Same provider, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat.
$0.80 in · $4.00 out / M tokens 131K context
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Kimi K2 Thinking Derived
Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat.
$0.60 in · $2.50 out / M tokens 256K context
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Kimi K2.5 Derived
Alternative from Amazon Bedrock, same tier (mid-tier), also open weights; shares chat.
$0.60 in · $3.00 out / M tokens 256K context
Derived suggestions are ranked from the data — shared tags, the same tier and a comparable price band — not from benchmark scores. Check the capability fit yourself: we track lifecycle, price and specifications.
Sources
- console.groq.com https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
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 70B deprecated?
- No longer available. Groq shut Llama 3 70B down on 2025-08-30 — calls to it fail.
- When does Llama 3 70B shut down?
- Groq has announced 2025-08-30 as the shutdown date for Llama 3 70B.
- What does Llama 3 70B cost?
- No public price is listed for Llama 3 70B in our dataset.
- What can I use instead of Llama 3 70B?
- Active alternatives include Groq MiniMax M2.7, Groq Qwen3.6 27B, Groq Qwen3.8 27B.