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deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b — End-of-Life or Deprecated or Removed — shutdown 10/02/25 or 3/20/2026 or 2025-12-23 — sources disagree

For deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is disputed: End-of-Life per console.groq.com, Deprecated per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, Deprecated per docs.sambanova.ai, 1 more; deprecation announced is disputed: September 2, 2025 per console.groq.com, 2025-08-12 per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, March 6, 2026 per docs.sambanova.ai; shutdown / retirement date is disputed: 10/02/25 per console.groq.com, 3/20/2026 per docs.sambanova.ai, 2025-12-23 per docs.together.ai; recommended replacement is disputed: llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b per console.groq.com, Qwen 3 32B per inference-docs.cerebras.ai, gpt-oss-120b per docs.sambanova.ai, recorded from its source on 2026-09-21; source re-checked 2026-11-11.

Provider
Groq our reading
Cerebras per inference-docs.cerebras.ai
SambaNova per docs.sambanova.ai
Together AI per docs.together.ai
Model ID / API name
deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b verified
Lifecycle status
End-of-Life sources disagree
Deprecation announced
September 2, 2025 sources disagree
Shutdown / retirement date
10/02/25 sources disagree
Recommended replacement
llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b sources disagree
Platform / deployment scope
Cerebras Inference API per inference-docs.cerebras.ai
Sourceconsole.groq.com
Verified
Review by
DatasetAI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

| deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |

— console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-21

Where each value comes from

The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.

Deprecation announced

In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on September 2, 2025, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of `deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b` in favor of `llama-3.3-70b-versatile` or `openai/gpt-oss-120b`

— all from console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-21

Sources disagree

More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from — deciding between them is yours, not ours.

Lifecycle status

console.groq.com says lifecycle status is End-of-Life, as of 2026-09-21.

| deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |

https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md

inference-docs.cerebras.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-09.

2025-08-12 Deprecated deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b We recommend migrating to Qwen 3 32B.

https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation

docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-15.

| `DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B` | 3/20/2026 | `gpt-oss-120b` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.

| 2025-12-23 | `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B` | No |

https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

Deprecation announced

console.groq.com says deprecation announced is September 2, 2025, as of 2026-09-21.

| deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |

https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md

inference-docs.cerebras.ai says deprecation announced is 2025-08-12, as of 2026-09-09.

2025-08-12 Deprecated deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b We recommend migrating to Qwen 3 32B.

https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation

docs.sambanova.ai says deprecation announced is March 6, 2026, as of 2026-09-15.

| `DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B` | 3/20/2026 | `gpt-oss-120b` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

Shutdown / retirement date

console.groq.com says shutdown / retirement date is 10/02/25, as of 2026-09-21.

| deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |

https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md

docs.sambanova.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 3/20/2026, as of 2026-09-15.

| `DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B` | 3/20/2026 | `gpt-oss-120b` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2025-12-23, as of 2026-09-15.

| 2025-12-23 | `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B` | No |

https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

Recommended replacement

console.groq.com says recommended replacement is llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b, as of 2026-09-21.

| deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |

https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations.md

inference-docs.cerebras.ai says recommended replacement is Qwen 3 32B, as of 2026-09-09.

2025-08-12 Deprecated deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b We recommend migrating to Qwen 3 32B.

https://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation

docs.sambanova.ai says recommended replacement is gpt-oss-120b, as of 2026-09-15.

| `DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B` | 3/20/2026 | `gpt-oss-120b` |

https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md

Where the other sources' values come from

These values were taken from a passage elsewhere on the other source's page, not from the row quoted with it above.

Lifecycle status

This document outlines the deprecation process, provides guidance on migration, and maintains a historical record of deprecated models with their recommended alternatives.

— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15

Deprecation announced

On March 6, 2026, SambaNova notified users of the following model deprecations.

— docs.sambanova.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15

Lifecycle status

The table below lists all models removed from serverless inference, most recent first.

— docs.together.ai, retrieved 2026-09-15

Sources

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