Model Details
Released
Aug 22, 2023
Status
Deprecated(on Apr 19, 2026)
Context Length
16,384
Superseded By
Where is Babbage-002 Legacy a perfect fit?
babbage-002 Legacy is suited for maintaining backward compatibility in systems built on older OpenAI completion models. Ideal for:
- Legacy applications that depend on stable, unchanged outputs
- Migration staging environments before upgrading to newer models
- Cost-sensitive pipelines where upgrading is not yet justified
- Internal tools relying on predictable, pre-existing prompt behavior
- Bulk processing tasks with historically tuned prompts
- Systems where output consistency matters more than performance improvements
- Legacy applications that depend on stable, unchanged outputs
- Migration staging environments before upgrading to newer models
- Cost-sensitive pipelines where upgrading is not yet justified
- Internal tools relying on predictable, pre-existing prompt behavior
- Bulk processing tasks with historically tuned prompts
- Systems where output consistency matters more than performance improvements
Quick Model Estimate
Your Babbage-002 Legacy Cost Estimate
💰 Total Cost
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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $1.600000)
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📤 Output (1000 × $1.600000)
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Cost Breakdown
📥 Input
📤 Output
At the last price OpenAI charged, before it stopped on 19th Apr 2026. No longer on offer.
Pricing
No provider we track currently offers Babbage-002 Legacy.
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 OpenAI | 19th Apr 2026Model retired | Text | Standard | $1.6000 | $1.6000 | $0.4000 | 16,384 tokens | → |
| OpenAI | 19th Apr 2026Model retired | Text | Batch | $0.8000 | $0.9000 | $0.4000 | 16,384 tokens | → |
Recent changes
When Babbage-002 Legacy was newly listed on a provider, moved to legacy or deprecated, or retired.
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Retired
OpenAI retired Babbage-002 Legacy, with Babbage-002 as the suggested replacement.
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FAQs about Babbage-002 Legacy
What is Babbage-002 Legacy's context window?
Babbage-002 Legacy has a context window of 16,384 tokens.
Is Babbage-002 Legacy still available?
Babbage-002 Legacy is deprecated and was retired on 19 April 2026. The replacement is Babbage-002.