LLM Reference

GPT-2 XL

Released
2019-11-05
Last refreshed
2026-05-19
Status
Researched 60d ago
Open sourceCommercial use: permitted

GPT-2 XL is released 2019-11-05 in the GPT-2 family with open-source; evaluate it while provider pricing coverage matures.

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
Openness
Open source
License
MITOSI-approvedCommercial use: permitted
Weights
Unknown
Code
Unknown
Training
Fine-tuned
Created by

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Pricing

No tracked provider token pricing is available yet.

About

GPT-2 XL is OpenAI's GPT-2 model. Its knowledge cutoff is 2017-12-01.

GPT-2 XL is an open-source 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.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the context window of GPT-2 XL?

GPT-2 XL has a context window of 1k tokens.

When was GPT-2 XL released?

GPT-2 XL was released on 2019-11-05.