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Replacement for llama-3.3-70b-versatile: what changes when you switch

The official replacement is openai/gpt-oss-120b. llama-3.3-70b-versatile shut down on 2026-08-16 per Groq's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The published context window changes from 131,072 tokens on llama-3.3-70b-versatile to 131,072 tokens on openai/gpt-oss-120b.

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llama-3.3-70b-versatile to openai/gpt-oss-120b

Some values not published Checked 2026-10-26.

Price per 1M tokens

Price comparison. Example monthly cost for 10M input tokens and 2M output tokens. Labeled example, not a bill.
FieldOldNewChange
Input Not published $0.15 Not published
Output Not published $0.6 Not published
Cached input Not published Not published Not published
Example monthly cost Not published $2.7 Example only

Context and max output

Token limits
LimitOldNewChange
Context window 131,072 131,072 0% (same)
Max output 32,768 65,536 +100% (higher)

Capabilities that differ

No differing capability values are published for both models.

Endpoint changes

Code

python before
from groq import Groq
client = Groq()
chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
    model="llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
)
python after
from groq import Groq
client = Groq()
chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
    model="openai/gpt-oss-120b",
)
typescript before
import Groq from "groq-sdk";
const groq = new Groq();
const completion = await groq.chat.completions.create({
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
  model: "llama-3.3-70b-versatile",
});
typescript after
import Groq from "groq-sdk";
const groq = new Groq();
const completion = await groq.chat.completions.create({
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
  model: "openai/gpt-oss-120b",
});
curl before
curl https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"llama-3.3-70b-versatile","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'
curl after
curl https://api.groq.com/openai/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"openai/gpt-oss-120b","messages":[{"role":"user","content":"Hello"}]}'

Checklist

  1. Read the shutdown date for llama-3.3-70b-versatile on the linked official page.
  2. Point your requests at openai/gpt-oss-120b.
  3. Re-check price, context, and parameters on the provider pages linked here.
  4. Ship the change before the published shutdown date.

Questions

What is the replacement for llama-3.3-70b-versatile?

The official replacement is openai/gpt-oss-120b. llama-3.3-70b-versatile shut down on 2026-08-16 per Groq's deprecation page (checked 2026-10-26). The published context window changes from 131,072 tokens on llama-3.3-70b-versatile to 131,072 tokens on openai/gpt-oss-120b.

Is openai/gpt-oss-120b cheaper than llama-3.3-70b-versatile?

A full price comparison is not published. One or both prices are missing from the official pages we checked.

Does openai/gpt-oss-120b have a bigger context window than llama-3.3-70b-versatile?

The context window stays 131,072 tokens.