Meta Llama 3 (70B) — Retired — shutdown February 27, 2026
For Meta Llama 3 (70B), provider is Databricks; lifecycle status is Retired; shutdown / retirement date is February 27, 2026; recommended replacement is Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size; platform / deployment scope is Databricks Foundation Model APIs — provisioned throughput, recorded from its source on 2026-09-15.
- Provider
- Databricks our reading
- Model ID / API name
- Meta Llama 3 (70B) verified
- Lifecycle status
- Retired
- Shutdown / retirement date
- February 27, 2026 verified
- Recommended replacement
- Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size verified
- Platform / deployment scope
- Databricks Foundation Model APIs — provisioned throughput our reading
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
Meta Llama 3 (70B) | Pay-per-token: July 23, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct); December 11, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct) Provisioned throughput: February 27, 2026 | Pay-per-token: Meta-Llama-4-Maverick Provisioned throughput: Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size. |
— learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-09-15
Where each value comes from
This source states these in separate places, so each value is shown with the passage that states it.
Shutdown / retirement date
Provisioned throughput: February 27, 2026
Recommended replacement
Provisioned throughput: Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size.
— all from learn.microsoft.com, retrieved 2026-09-15
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
learn.microsoft.com says provider is Databricks, as of 2026-09-15.
Meta Llama 3 (70B) | Pay-per-token: July 23, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct); December 11, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct) Provisioned throughput: February 27, 2026 | Pay-per-token: Meta-Llama-4-Maverick Provisioned throughput: Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size. |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/retired-models-policy
docs.together.ai says provider is Together AI, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2024-08-22 | `meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-70B` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Lifecycle status
learn.microsoft.com says lifecycle status is Retired, as of 2026-09-15.
Meta Llama 3 (70B) | Pay-per-token: July 23, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct); December 11, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct) Provisioned throughput: February 27, 2026 | Pay-per-token: Meta-Llama-4-Maverick Provisioned throughput: Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size. |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/retired-models-policy
docs.together.ai says lifecycle status is Removed, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2024-08-22 | `meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-70B` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Shutdown / retirement date
learn.microsoft.com says shutdown / retirement date is February 27, 2026, as of 2026-09-15.
Meta Llama 3 (70B) | Pay-per-token: July 23, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct); December 11, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct) Provisioned throughput: February 27, 2026 | Pay-per-token: Meta-Llama-4-Maverick Provisioned throughput: Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size. |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/retired-models-policy
docs.together.ai says shutdown / retirement date is 2024-08-22, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2024-08-22 | `meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-70B` | No |
https://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md
Platform / deployment scope
learn.microsoft.com says platform / deployment scope is Databricks Foundation Model APIs — provisioned throughput, as of 2026-09-15.
Meta Llama 3 (70B) | Pay-per-token: July 23, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3-70B-Instruct); December 11, 2024 (Meta-Llama-3.1-70B-Instruct) Provisioned throughput: February 27, 2026 | Pay-per-token: Meta-Llama-4-Maverick Provisioned throughput: Comparable model on the same offering, like Llama 3.2, 3.3, or 4 model of similar size. |
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/retired-models-policy
docs.together.ai says platform / deployment scope is Together AI serverless inference, as of 2026-09-15.
| 2024-08-22 | `meta-llama/Meta-Llama-3-70B` | No |
Sources
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/databricks/machine-learning/retired-models-policy
- docs.together.aihttps://docs.together.ai/docs/deprecations.md