davinci
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
- Family
- GPT-3
- Released
- 2023-08-22
- Context
- 2k
- Parameters
- 175B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2021-09
- Specialization
- general
- Training
- finetuned
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.
| Provider | Input / 1M | Output / 1M | Route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure OpenAI | $2.00 | $2.00 | Provisioned |
Capabilities
No model capability flags are currently sourced.
Benchmark peer barsfor Coding
No task-mapped benchmark peers are available for this model yet.
Migration checks
No linked migration route is available for this model yet.
API versions
davincidavinci-002