# llama3-8b-8192 — End-of-Life — shutdown 08/30/25

For llama3-8b-8192, provider is Groq; lifecycle status is End-of-Life; deprecation announced is May 31, 2025; shutdown / retirement date is 08/30/25; recommended replacement is llama-3.1-8b-instant, recorded from its source on 2026-09-09.

- **Provider:** Groq _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Model ID / API name:** llama3-8b-8192 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Lifecycle status:** End-of-Life
- **Deprecation announced:** May 31, 2025 _(verified: appears in its own passage below)_
- **Shutdown / retirement date:** 08/30/25 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Recommended replacement:** llama-3.1-8b-instant _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> | llama3-8b-8192   | 08/30/25      | llama-3.1-8b-instant             |

## 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 May 31, 2025, we emailed users to announce the deprecation of llama3-70b-8192 and llama3-8b-8192 in favor of llama-3.3-70b-versatile and llama-3.1-8b-instant respectively. The newer Llama 3.3 70B and Llama 3.1 8B models deliver exceptional performance, enabling your applications to harness state-of-the-art text generation with unparalleled speed on our platform.

## 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/).