deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b — End-of-Life — shutdown 10/02/25
For deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; deprecation announced is September 2, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is 10/02/25; recommended replacement is llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.
- Provider
- Groq our reading
- Model ID / API name
- deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b verified
- Lifecycle status
- End-of-Life
- Deprecation announced
- September 2, 2025 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 10/02/25 verified
- Recommended replacement
- llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Cerebras Inference API per inference-docs.cerebras.ai
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
October 2, 2025: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b 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. The Llama 3.3 70B and GPT-OSS 120B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |
— console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
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. The Llama 3.3 70B and GPT-OSS 120B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform.
— all from console.groq.com, retrieved 2026-09-09
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.
Provider
console.groq.com says provider is Groq, as of 2026-09-09.
October 2, 2025: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b 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. The Llama 3.3 70B and GPT-OSS 120B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
inference-docs.cerebras.ai says provider is Cerebras, 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 provider is SambaNova, 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 provider is Together AI, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2025-12-23 | `deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Llama-70B` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Lifecycle status
console.groq.com says lifecycle status is End-of-Life, as of 2026-09-09.
October 2, 2025: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b 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. The Llama 3.3 70B and GPT-OSS 120B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
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 2026-09-09.
October 2, 2025: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b 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. The Llama 3.3 70B and GPT-OSS 120B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
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 2026-09-09.
October 2, 2025: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b 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. The Llama 3.3 70B and GPT-OSS 120B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
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 2026-09-09.
October 2, 2025: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b 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. The Llama 3.3 70B and GPT-OSS 120B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform. Deprecated Model | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b | 10/02/25 | llama-3.3-70b-versatile or openai/gpt-oss-120b |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
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` |
Sources
- console.groq.comhttps://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
- inference-docs.cerebras.aihttps://inference-docs.cerebras.ai/support/deprecation
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md