Model Details
Released
Aug 22, 2023
Status
Deprecated(on Sep 28, 2026)
Context Length
16,384
Superseded By
Where is Babbage-002 a perfect fit?
Where is babbage-002 a perfect fit?
babbage-002 is best suited for simple, high-volume text tasks where cost efficiency matters more than advanced reasoning. Ideal for:
- Basic text generation and templated content creation
- Classification tasks like tagging, labeling, or filtering
- Simple chatbots with predictable responses
- Data processing pipelines requiring fast, cheap inference
- Bulk transformations such as rewriting, formatting, or summarising short text
- Backend automation where accuracy demands are moderate
babbage-002 is best suited for simple, high-volume text tasks where cost efficiency matters more than advanced reasoning. Ideal for:
- Basic text generation and templated content creation
- Classification tasks like tagging, labeling, or filtering
- Simple chatbots with predictable responses
- Data processing pipelines requiring fast, cheap inference
- Bulk transformations such as rewriting, formatting, or summarising short text
- Backend automation where accuracy demands are moderate
Quick Model Estimate
Your Babbage-002 Cost Estimate
💰 Total Cost
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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $0.400000)
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📤 Output (1000 × $0.400000)
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Cost Breakdown
📥 Input
📤 Output
At the last price OpenAI charged, before it stopped on 28th Sep 2026. No longer on offer.
Pricing
No provider we track currently offers Babbage-002.
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The last prices each provider charged for Babbage-002 before it stopped offering it. These are no longer on offer. Each row links to that provider's price history.
Recent changes
When Babbage-002 was newly listed on a provider, moved to legacy or deprecated, or retired.
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Retired
OpenAI retired Babbage-002, with GPT-5.6 Terra as the suggested replacement.
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FAQs about Babbage-002
What is Babbage-002's context window?
Babbage-002 has a context window of 16,384 tokens.
Is Babbage-002 still available?
Babbage-002 is deprecated and was retired on 28 September 2026. The replacement is GPT-5.6 Terra.