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🏢 Provider Information

Provider Name: Groq
Official Website: https://groq.com
Developer Console: https://console.groq.com
Type: Free Service (Permanently free with usage limits)

📋 Product Overview

Groq is a company providing ultra-high-speed AI inference services, based on its self-developed LPU (Language Processing Unit) chip technology, offering the industry’s fastest AI inference speed.

Core Features:

⚡ Industry’s Fastest Inference Speed - 800+ tokens/s
🔧 LPU Chip Powered - Hardware optimized for language models
🎁 Ultra-High Free Quota - 14,400 requests/day
🔄 OpenAI API Compatible - Seamlessly switch existing code
🚀 Real-time Response - Extremely low latency conversation experience

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (Speed King!)

🔐 Registration and Account

Registration Requirements

Requirement	Required	Notes
Account Registration	✅ Required	Email or Google/GitHub account
Email Verification	✅ Required	Need to verify email
Phone Verification	❌ Not Required	Usually not needed
Credit Card Binding	✅ Required	For identity verification, no charges

Registration Steps

Register Account

Visit https://console.groq.com, click the “Sign Up” button. Choose registration method:

Use Google account (recommended, fast)
Use GitHub account
Use email registration

Verify Email

If using email registration, check your inbox, click the verification link to complete email verification, return to Groq Console.

Verify Identity (Credit Card Binding)

After logging in, the system will prompt you to verify your identity:

Click the “Verify Account” button
Enter credit card information (supports Visa, MasterCard, AmEx, etc.)
⚠️ Important Note: This is only for identity verification, no charges will occur
After successful verification, you can use the free service

Get API Key

Select “API Keys” in the left menu
Click the “Create API Key” button
Name your API key (e.g., “My First Key”)
Click “Submit” to create
⚠️ Important: Immediately copy and save your API key, you won’t be able to view it again

🎯 Provided Services

Groq provides two main services:

1. Playground Service

Type: Web conversation interface
Access URL: https://console.groq.com/playground
Features: Real-time inference speed display, intuitive parameter adjustment
Supports: All Groq models

2. API Service

Type: RESTful API
Features: Fully compatible with OpenAI API format
Models: Llama 3.3/3.1, Mixtral, Gemma 2, DeepSeek R1, etc.
Quota: 14,400 requests/day

📊 Quota Overview

Free Tier Quota

Limit Type	Quota	Notes
Daily Requests	14,400 requests/day	Shared across all models
Requests Per Minute	30 requests/min	Shared across all models
Daily Tokens	20,000 tokens/day	Input + output total
Tokens Per Minute	6,000 tokens/min	Input + output total

⚠️ Important Notes:

Shared quota: All models share the same account quota
Daily reset: Quota resets daily at UTC midnight
Token calculation: Both input and output tokens count toward quota

🤖 Supported Models

Llama Series (Meta)

Model Name	Parameters	Context Length	Use Cases
Llama 3.3 70B	70B	128K	Meta’s latest model, powerful performance
Llama 3.1 70B	70B	128K	Complex tasks
Llama 3.1 8B	8B	128K	Lightweight and efficient

Other Open-Source Models

Model Name	Parameters	Context Length	Features
Mixtral 8x7B	47B	32K	Mistral mixture of experts model
Gemma 2 9B	9B	8K	Google open-source model
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B	70B	32K	Reasoning expert model

🌟 Core Technical Advantages

LPU Chip Technology

Language Processing Unit:

Groq’s self-developed specialized chip
Optimized for sequential computation of language models
Extremely low latency: over 10x lower than GPUs
High throughput: Can achieve 800+ tokens/s generation speed

Speed Comparison

Provider	Typical Speed	Groq Advantage
Groq	800+ tokens/s	Baseline
OpenAI GPT-4	20-40 tokens/s	20x Faster
Anthropic Claude	30-50 tokens/s	16x Faster
Other Cloud Services	50-100 tokens/s	8x Faster

Real-time Application Scenarios

Chatbots: Nearly zero-latency conversation experience
Code Assistants: Real-time code completion and generation
Content Creation: Rapid long-text generation
Data Analysis: Real-time data interpretation

⚠️ Usage Notes

Credit Card Verification

Although the service is free, credit card binding is required for identity verification
This is to prevent abuse, no charges will occur
No automatic charges after free quota is exhausted

Quota Management

Pay attention to daily and per-minute limits to avoid exceeding quota
View quota usage on the Usage page in Console
Reasonably allocate quota for different applications

API Key Security

Don’t expose API keys in public code repositories
Use environment variables or config files to manage keys
Regularly rotate API keys

Network Requirements

Groq supports most regions globally
Mainland China may require stable network environment

📊 Comparison with Other Services

Feature	Groq	Google AI Studio	OpenRouter
Inference Speed	🏆 800+ tokens/s	50-100 tokens/s	Varies by provider
Daily Requests	14,400	1,500	50-1,000
Daily Tokens	20K-1M	15M (Flash)	Unlimited
Credit Card Required	✅ Verification	❌	❌
OpenAI Compatible	✅ Fully Compatible	❌ Not Compatible	✅ Compatible
Multimodal Support	❌	✅	Some models
Mainland China Access	🔧 Stable Network Required	🔧 VPN Required	✅ Good

💡 Selection Suggestions

Reasons to Choose Groq

✅ Highly Recommended:

Need extremely fast response speed
Building real-time conversation applications
High-frequency calls (14,400 times/day)
Need OpenAI API compatibility

❌ Not Suitable For:

Need multimodal support (images, audio)
Need ultra-long context (>128K)
Cannot provide credit card verification

📈 Paid Plans (Optional)

If free quota isn’t enough, Groq offers flexible paid options:

Plan	Price	Features
Free	$0	14,400 req/day
Pay-as-you-go	Pay by usage	Higher quotas, billed by tokens
Enterprise	Custom	Dedicated support, SLA guarantee

Pricing Examples:

Llama 3.3 70B: ~$0.59/M tokens
Llama 3.1 8B: ~$0.05/M tokens

📝 Changelog

December 2024: Support for DeepSeek R1 Distill series reasoning models
November 2024: Released Llama 3.3 70B support
October 2024: Increased free tier quota to 14,400 requests/day
2024: Continuously optimizing LPU performance, improving inference speed

📧 Support & Feedback

Official Support: [email protected]
Discord Community: https://discord.gg/groq
Issue Reporting: https://console.groq.com/support
Feature Requests: Contact via Discord or email

Last updated on December 26, 2025

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