Groq
80 pts
1 wins
VS
SambaNova
80 pts
0 wins
🤝 It's a tie — both have their strengths
📊 Side-by-Side
Category
Groq
SambaNova
Free Tier
✅ 6000 tokens/min (Llama 3.3 70B)
✅ 30 RPM (no total cap)
Free API
✅ Free tier（永久免费）
✅ Free tier（永久免费）
Rate Limit
30 RPM / 6000 TPM
30 RPM
Open Source
❌ No
❌ No
Free Models
6
5
GitHub Stars
-
-
🧠 Model Details
Groq 6 models Llama 3.3 70B Versatile
World's fastest inference, 6000 tokens/min free, LPU chip accelerated
Llama 4 Scout 17B
Meta Llama 4 Scout, MoE architecture, free to use
Llama 4 Maverick 17B
Meta Llama 4 Maverick, MoE architecture, free to use
Mixtral 8x7B
MoE architecture, cost-effective
Gemma 2 9B
Google Gemma 2, ultra-fast small model
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B
DeepSeek R1 distilled, strong reasoning
SambaNova 5 models Llama 3.1 405B
World's largest open-source model, completely free, RDU chip accelerated, ultra-fast
Llama 3.3 70B
Free to use, accelerated by custom RDU chip
DeepSeek R1
Reasoning model, free to use, 671B MoE
DeepSeek V3
DeepSeek V3 latest, free to use
Qwen 2.5 72B
Alibaba Qwen, free to use