# deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b

Calls to the model deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b on Groq stopped working on October 2, 2025.

- API: Groq (api.groq.com)
- Model: deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b
- Kind: Model retirement
- Takes effect: October 2, 2025
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `model deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b`
- Source: [Deprecations page](https://console.groq.com/docs/deprecations)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/models/groq/deepseek-r1-distill-llama-70b/

## What to use instead

Move to openai/gpt-oss-120b. llama-3.3-70b-versatile, also named, stopped working on 2026-08-16.