Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct — Retired — shutdown 2026-06-13
For Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct, provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry; lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is 2026-06-13; platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, recorded from its source on 2026-08-28; source re-checked 2026-09-16.
- Provider
- Microsoft Azure / Foundry our reading
- Model ID / API name
- Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct verified
- Human-readable model name
- Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired verified
- Shutdown / retirement date
- 2026-06-13 verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Azure / Microsoft Foundry our reading
- Deprecation announced
- March 31, 2025 per docs.sambanova.ai
- Recommended replacement
- Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct per docs.sambanova.ai
- Release date
- 25 September 2025 per ibm.com
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
| Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
— raw.githubusercontent.com, retrieved 2026-08-28
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
raw.githubusercontent.com says provider is Microsoft Azure / Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.
| Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says provider is SambaNova, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct` | 4/14/2025 | `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
ibm.com says provider is IBM watsonx.ai, as of 2026-09-16.
llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct meta-llama/llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct | 25 September 2025 | 24 November 2025 | 31 March 2026 | llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8 |
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle
Human-readable model name
raw.githubusercontent.com says human-readable model name is Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct, as of 2026-08-28.
| Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
ibm.com says human-readable model name is llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct, as of 2026-09-16.
llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct meta-llama/llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct | 25 September 2025 | 24 November 2025 | 31 March 2026 | llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8 |
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle
Lifecycle status
raw.githubusercontent.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-08-28.
| Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says lifecycle status is Deprecated, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct` | 4/14/2025 | `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
ibm.com says lifecycle status is Withdrawn, as of 2026-09-16.
llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct meta-llama/llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct | 25 September 2025 | 24 November 2025 | 31 March 2026 | llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8 |
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle
Shutdown / retirement date
raw.githubusercontent.com says shutdown / retirement date is 2026-06-13, as of 2026-08-28.
| Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 4/14/2025, as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct` | 4/14/2025 | `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
ibm.com says shutdown / retirement date is 31 March 2026, as of 2026-09-16.
llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct meta-llama/llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct | 25 September 2025 | 24 November 2025 | 31 March 2026 | llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8 |
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle
Platform / deployment scope
raw.githubusercontent.com says platform / deployment scope is Azure / Microsoft Foundry, as of 2026-08-28.
| Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct | — | Retired | 2026-06-13 | — |
docs.sambanova.ai says platform / deployment scope is SambaNova SambaCloud (model remains available on SambaStack), as of 2026-09-15.
| `Llama-3.2-90B-Vision-Instruct` | 4/14/2025 | `Llama-4-Maverick-17B-128E-Instruct` |
https://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
ibm.com says platform / deployment scope is watsonx.ai multitenant deployment, as of 2026-09-16.
llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct meta-llama/llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct | 25 September 2025 | 24 November 2025 | 31 March 2026 | llama-4-maverick-17b-128e-instruct-fp8 |
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle
Sources
- raw.githubusercontent.comhttps://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-ai-docs/main/articles/foundry/openai/includes/concepts-model-retirement-schedule-content.md
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/foundry/openai/concepts/model-retirement-schedule
- docs.sambanova.aihttps://docs.sambanova.ai/docs/en/models/deprecations.md
- ibm.comhttps://www.ibm.com/docs/en/watsonx/saas?topic=models-foundation-model-lifecycle