Deprecated and withdrawn models

As IBM watsonx Orchestrate continues to evolve, certain foundation models might be deprecated or withdrawn to make way for more advanced, efficient, and secure alternatives. This section outlines the models that are no longer actively supported, along with guidance on transitioning to recommended replacements.

Each model is identified by its Model card. To know more about the detailed technical specifications of the model, see Supported foundation models.

Deprecated and withdrawn tags

The "Deprecated" tag indicates that the foundation model is deprecated. You can continue using the deprecated foundation model, but you might receive a notification in the UI about the upcoming model removal.

The "Withdrawn" tag indicates that the support to a foundation model is withdrawn, and the product moves you to the most recent version of the same model family.

Deprecated and withdrawn date

See the following table for the complete information about the deprecated and withdrawn models and a guidance to the next recommended model:

Table 1. Foundation models that are deprecated and withdrawn.
Foundation model name	Model card	Deprecation date	Withdrawal date	Recommended alternative model
granite-13b-chat-v2	ibm/granite-13b-chat-v2	4 November 2024	3 February 2025	granite-3-8b-instruct
llama-3-70b-instruct	meta-llama/llama-3-70b-instruct	2 December 2024	3 February 2025	llama-3-3-70b-instruct, llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct
llama-3-8b-instruct	meta-llama/llama-3-8b-instruct	2 December 2024	3 February 2025	llama-3-2-11b-vision-instruct
granite-20b-multilingual	ibm/granite-20b-multilingual	15 January 2025	16 April 2025	granite-3-8b-instruct
llama-3-1-70b-instruct	meta-llama/llama-3-1-70b-instruct	22 January 2025	30 May 2025	llama-3-3-70b-instruct or llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct
llama-3-1-8b-instruct	meta-llama/llama-3-1-8b-instruct	22 January 2025	30 May 2025	llama-3-2-11b-vision-instruct
llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct	llama-3-2-90b-vision-instruct	24 November 2025	29 January 2026	GPT-OSS 120B — OpenAI (via Groq)
llama-3-405b-instruct	llama-3-405b-instruct	24 November 2025	29 January 2026	GPT-OSS 120B — OpenAI (via Groq)