Groq

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Overall Rank #13 ⭐ Consider
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💰 Token Pricing

TypePriceNote
Input Llama 3.3 70B: $0.59/M, DeepSeek-R1: $0.89/M, Mixtral 8x7B: $0.15/M per million tokens
Output Llama 3.3 70B: $0.79/M, DeepSeek-R1: $0.89/M, Mixtral 8x7B: $0.15/M per million tokens
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🤖 Supported Models (12)

Llama 3.3 70BLlama 3.1 405BLlama 3.2 90BDeepSeek-R1Mixtral 8x7BGemma 2 9B

✨ Pros

  • LPU inference engine: Llama 3.3 70B reaches 1,250 tok/s
  • Industry's fastest inference speed
  • Llama 3.3 70B at $0.59/M input, excellent value
  • Generous free tier
  • OpenAI-compatible API, seamless migration
  • GroqCloud platform expanding model library

⚠️ Cons

  • ×China requires proxy
  • ×Limited model selection (mostly open-source)
  • ×No Function Calling support
  • ×LPU optimization limited for non-Meta models
  • ×No overseas nodes, impacting global latency

🎯 Best For

Applications needing extreme inference speed; high-throughput real-time scenarios; high-performance open-source model deployment