# 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, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** gemma-7b-it _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** End-of-Life
- **Deprecation announced:** December 11, 2024 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 12/18/24 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** gemma2-9b-it _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Together AI serverless inference _(per docs.together.ai, not stated by the source above)_

## 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 |

## Where each value comes from

This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.

### 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.

## 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.

### 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 |

Source: 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                                         |

Source: 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 |

Source: 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                                         |

Source: 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 |

Source: 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                                         |

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


## Source

- https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations
- https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md

Last verified: 2026-09-09. Review by: 2026-10-09.
Part of [AI model deprecation and retirement dates by provider](https://referencesource.org/ai-model-deprecation-and-retirement/).