gemma-7b-it — End-of-Life — shutdown 12/18/24
For gemma-7b-it, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; deprecation announced is December 11, 2024; shutdown / retirement date is 12/18/24; recommended replacement is gemma2-9b-it, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.
- Provider
- Groq our reading
- Model ID / API name
- gemma-7b-it verified
- Lifecycle status
- End-of-Life
- Deprecation announced
- December 11, 2024 verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 12/18/24 verified
- Recommended replacement
- gemma2-9b-it verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Together AI serverless inference per docs.together.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
December 18, 2024: Gemma 7B On December 11, 2024, we emailed all Gemma 7B users that we would deprecate it in favor of keeping the Gemma 9B model as it offers better performance. Model ID | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | gemma-7b-it | 12/18/24 | gemma2-9b-it |
— 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
On December 11, 2024, we emailed all Gemma 7B users that we would deprecate it in favor of keeping the Gemma 9B model as it offers better performance.
— 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.
December 18, 2024: Gemma 7B On December 11, 2024, we emailed all Gemma 7B users that we would deprecate it in favor of keeping the Gemma 9B model as it offers better performance. Model ID | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | gemma-7b-it | 12/18/24 | gemma2-9b-it |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
docs.together.ai says provider is Together AI, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2024-08-22 | `google/gemma-7b-it` | 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.
December 18, 2024: Gemma 7B On December 11, 2024, we emailed all Gemma 7B users that we would deprecate it in favor of keeping the Gemma 9B model as it offers better performance. Model ID | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | gemma-7b-it | 12/18/24 | gemma2-9b-it |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2024-08-22 | `google/gemma-7b-it` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Shutdown / retirement date
console.groq.com says shutdown / retirement date is 12/18/24, as of 2026-09-09.
December 18, 2024: Gemma 7B On December 11, 2024, we emailed all Gemma 7B users that we would deprecate it in favor of keeping the Gemma 9B model as it offers better performance. Model ID | Shutdown Date | Recommended Replacement Model ID | gemma-7b-it | 12/18/24 | gemma2-9b-it |
https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2024-08-22, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2024-08-22 | `google/gemma-7b-it` | No |
Sources
- console.groq.comhttps://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md