LLM Reference

babbage

About

The Babbage model is a large language AI model within the GPT-3 family, recognized for its speed and cost-effectiveness 569. Although it is not as capable as the Davinci model, it outperforms the Ada model in various capabilities 129. Ideal for simpler classification tasks and semantic searches, Babbage efficiently ranks document relevance to search queries 129. With an estimated 1.3 billion parameters 9, it requires less computational power compared to other models like Davinci, which has 175 billion parameters 9. Nonetheless, its role has been surpassed by more advanced models, such as GPT-3.5-turbo and GPT-4, known for their superior capabilities and efficiency 2.

Capabilities

MultimodalFunction CallingTool UseJSON Mode

Providers(1)

ProviderInput (per 1M)Output (per 1M)Type
Azure OpenAI
Provisioned

API Versions

babbagebabbage-002

Specifications

FamilyGPT-3
Released2023-08-22
Parameters1.3B
Context2K
ArchitectureDecoder Only
Knowledge cutoff2021-09
Specializationgeneral