deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec retirement date and replacement

Name: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b-specdec retires (Groq API)
Start: 2025-03-24
End: 2025-03-24

Groq API · Model · retired Mar 24, 2025 (retired)Unverified

Dates

Checked Sep 25, 2026 on Groq's page

Retired	Mar 24, 2025 (retired)
Replacement	deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b deepseek-r1-distill-qwen-32b
Identifier	deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
Notice	Shutdown Date; March 24, 2025: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B (Speculative Decoding)
Source	console.groq.com/docs/deprecations

Date	Change	Source
Sep 25	Announced2025-03-24UnverifiedShutdown Date; March 24, 2025: DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B (Speculative Decoding)Source	Source

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