Groq Removes Multiple Models While Adding High-Performance GPT OSS 20B and 120B with New Prompt Caching Feature
What changed
Gemma 2 9B 8k model removed (previously $0.20 input/$0.20 output per million tokens)
Llama Guard 3 8B 8k model removed (previously $0.20 input/$0.20 output per million tokens)
GPT OSS 20B 128k model added at $0.10 input/$0.50 output per million tokens with 1,000 TPS
Kimi K2-0905 1T 256k model added at $1.00 input/$3.00 output per million tokens with 200 TPS
GPT OSS 120B 128k model added at $0.15 input/$0.75 output per million tokens with 500 TPS
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B 128k model removed (previously $0.75 input/$0.99 output per million tokens)
Prompt Caching feature added with 50% discount on cached input tokens for select models (Kimi K2, GPT OSS 20B, GPT OSS 120B)
Mistral Saba 24B 32k model removed (previously $0.79 input/$0.79 output per million tokens)
Llama 3 8B 8k model removed (previously $0.05 input/$0.08 output per million tokens)
Distil-Whisper ASR model removed (previously $0.02 per hour transcribed with 250x speed factor)
Llama 3 70B 8k model removed (previously $0.59 input/$0.79 output per million tokens)
Batch API discount increased from 25% to 50%
Qwen QwQ 32B (Preview) 128k model removed (previously $0.29 input/$0.39 output per million tokens)
Before and after
Jul 4, 2025 vs Oct 5, 2025Gemma 2 9B 8k model removed (previously $0.20 input/$0.20 output per million tokens)
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