# llama-3.3-70b-versatile — End-of-Life — shutdown 08/16/26

For llama-3.3-70b-versatile, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; deprecation announced is June 17, 2026; shutdown / retirement date is 08/16/26; recommended replacement is openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b; platform / deployment scope is Free and developer-tier usage — enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.

- **Provider:** Groq _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** llama-3.3-70b-versatile _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** End-of-Life
- **Deprecation announced:** June 17, 2026 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 08/16/26 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Platform / deployment scope:** Free and developer-tier usage — enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_

## What the source says

> | llama-3.3-70b-versatile | 08/16/26      | openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b |

## 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

> In line with our commitment to bringing you cutting-edge models, on June 17, 2026, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of llama-3.1-8b-instant and llama-3.3-70b-versatile. We recommend migrating to openai/gpt-oss-20b (for Llama 3.1 8B Instant) and openai/gpt-oss-120b or qwen/qwen3.6-27b (for Llama 3.3 70B Versatile), which deliver exceptional performance with faster inference. This deprecation applies to free and developer-tier usage; enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected.

### Platform / deployment scope

> This deprecation applies to free and developer-tier usage; enterprise customers with a committed-spend contract are not affected.

## Source

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

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/).