LLM Reference

davinci

Released
2023-08-22
Last refreshed
2026-04-27
Status
Researched 154d ago

davinci is worth evaluating for general LLM work when its provider route and context window match the workload.

Use it for

  • Teams evaluating general LLM work
  • Workloads that can use a 2k context window
  • Buyers comparing 1 tracked provider route

Do not use it for

  • Vision or document-understanding workloads
  • Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
Family
GPT-3
Released
2023-08-22
Context
2k
Parameters
175B
Architecture
Decoder Only
Knowledge cutoff
2021-09
Specialization
general
Training
finetuned
Created by

Cutting-edge research and development.

San Francisco, California, United States
Founded 2015
Website
Pricing
Output / 1M
$2.00
Input / 1M
$2.00

Cheapest of 1 route · Azure OpenAI

About

Davinci, a sophisticated model within OpenAI's GPT-3 family, is renowned for its ability to handle complex tasks with exceptional proficiency 46. It excels in understanding nuanced language, solving logical puzzles, and generating creative content, making it highly effective for tasks like explaining character motives and performing detailed summarizations 47. While it is more costly and computationally intensive than models like Curie or Ada, its superior performance in interpreting complex language tasks justifies these demands 1. Additionally, Davinci often achieves desired outcomes with fewer directives, enhancing its efficiency, though its knowledge is limited to the data available up to its training cutoff 4.

davinci is a model in the GPT-3 family. The structured metadata tracks a 2k-token context window. This page tracks provider routes through Azure OpenAI, with the cheapest tracked route listed at $2 input and $2 output per 1M tokens. No headline benchmark score is tracked for davinci yet.

Top use-case fit

No primary decision-task fit is mapped for this model yet.

Provider price ladder

Compare API pricing across 1 providers for input and output tokens, batch, and cached reads when available.

ProviderInput / 1MOutput / 1MRoute
Azure OpenAI$2.00$2.00
Provisioned

Capabilities

No model capability flags are currently sourced.

Benchmark peer barsfor Coding

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Migration checks

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API versions

davincidavinci-002

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