GPT-2 XL
Released
2019-11-05
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 16d ago
GPT-2 XL has model metadata, but missing tracked provider pricing keeps it from being a default production pick.
Use it for
- Teams evaluating general LLM work
- Workloads that can use a 1k context window
Do not use it for
- Cost-sensitive launches that need sourced token pricing
- Vision or document-understanding workloads
- Strict JSON or tool-calling flows
Specifications
- Family
- GPT-2
- Released
- 2019-11-05
- Context
- 1k
- Parameters
- 1.5B
- Architecture
- Decoder Only
- Knowledge cutoff
- 2017-12
- Specialization
- general
- Training
- finetuned
About
GPT-2 XL is OpenAI's GPT-2 model. Its knowledge cutoff is 2017-12-01.
GPT-2 XL is a model in the GPT-2 family. The structured metadata tracks a 1k-token context window. No headline benchmark score is tracked for GPT-2 XL yet.
Top use-case fit
No primary decision-task fit is mapped for this model yet.
Provider price ladder
No tracked provider token pricing is available for this model yet.
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.
Rankings & picks(5)
Comparison and alternatives
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