Model Details
Released
Aug 22, 2023
Status
Deprecated(on Apr 19, 2026)
Context Length
16,380
Superseded By
Where is Davinci-002 Legacy a perfect fit?
davinci-002 Legacy is best suited for maintaining older systems that depend on its specific behavior and output style. Ideal for:
- Legacy applications requiring stable, unchanged text outputs
- Migration environments before switching to modern chat-based models
- Prompt-engineered pipelines tuned specifically for davinci behavior
- Internal tools where consistency outweighs performance improvements
- Batch processing systems built on older completion APIs
- Scenarios where revalidation costs of upgrading are high
- Legacy applications requiring stable, unchanged text outputs
- Migration environments before switching to modern chat-based models
- Prompt-engineered pipelines tuned specifically for davinci behavior
- Internal tools where consistency outweighs performance improvements
- Batch processing systems built on older completion APIs
- Scenarios where revalidation costs of upgrading are high
Quick Model Estimate
Your Davinci-002 Legacy Cost Estimate
💰 Total Cost
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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens
📥 Input (1000 × $12.000000)
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📤 Output (1000 × $12.000000)
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Cost Breakdown
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At the last price OpenAI charged, before it stopped on 19th Apr 2026. No longer on offer.
Pricing
No provider we track currently offers Davinci-002 Legacy.
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 OpenAI | 19th Apr 2026Model retired | Text | Standard | $12.0000 | $12.0000 | $6.0000 | 16,380 tokens | → |
| OpenAI | 19th Apr 2026Model retired | Text | Batch | $6.0000 | $6.0000 | $6.0000 | 16,380 tokens | → |
Recent changes
When Davinci-002 Legacy was newly listed on a provider, moved to legacy or deprecated, or retired.
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Retired
OpenAI retired Davinci-002 Legacy, with GPT-5 Mini as the suggested replacement.
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FAQs about Davinci-002 Legacy
What is Davinci-002 Legacy's context window?
Davinci-002 Legacy has a context window of 16,380 tokens.
Is Davinci-002 Legacy still available?
Davinci-002 Legacy is deprecated and was retired on 19 April 2026. The replacement is GPT-5 Mini.