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GroqvsSambaNova

Groq vs SambaNova

Compare pricing across 6 shared models. Groq offers 16 models, SambaNova offers 18.

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6
Shared Models
6
Groq Cheaper
0
SambaNova Cheaper
0
Same Price

Price Comparison — Shared Models

Model ↑Groq Input SambaNova Input Groq Output SambaNova Output Cheaper
GPT-OSS-120b $0.150 $0.140 $0.600 $0.950Groq
Llama 3.1 8B Instruct $0.050 $0.100 $0.080 $0.200Groq
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct $0.590 $0.600 $0.790 $1.20Groq
Llama 4 Maverick $0.200 $0.630 $0.600 $1.80Groq
Qwen3 32B $0.290 $0.400 $0.590 $0.800Groq
R1 Distill Llama 70B $0.750 $0.700 $0.990 $1.40Groq

Model Coverage

GroqOnly on Groq(10)
Gemma 7B Instruct$0.070/M
GPT-OSS-20b$0.075/M
Kimi K2 0711$1.00/M
Kimi K2 0905 (exacto)$1.00/M
Llama 3 8B Instruct$0.050/M
Llama 4 Scout$0.110/M
meta-llama-llama-guard-3-8b$0.200/M
meta-llama-llama-guard-4-12b$0.200/M
Mixtral 8x7B$0.240/M
openai-gpt-oss-safeguard-20b$0.075/M
Shared(6)
6
models available on both
GroqSambaNova
16 total17 total
SambaNovaOnly on SambaNova(11)
ALLaM 7B Instruct Preview$0.220/M
DeepSeek V3 0324$3.00/M
DeepSeek V3.1$0.150/M
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus$3.00/M
DeepSeek V3.2$3.00/M
Llama 3.3 Swallow 70B Instruct v0.4$0.600/M
microsoft-e5-mistral-7b$0.130/M
MiniMax M2.5$0.300/M
Qwen3 235B A22B$0.400/M
R1 0528$5.00/M
whisper-large-v3$—/M

Full Provider Pricing

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Frequently Asked Questions

Groq is cheaper on 6 out of 6 shared models. SambaNova is cheaper on 0 models. 0 models have the same price.
Groq and SambaNova share 6 models. Groq has 10 exclusive models, while SambaNova has 11 exclusive models.
SambaNova offers 18 models compared to Groq's 16. However, model count alone doesn't determine the better provider — consider pricing, latency, and which specific models you need.

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