Davinci-002 Legacy Pricing - Cost Calculator

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Davinci-002 Legacy, a fine-tuning model from OpenAI released 22 August 2023, has been deprecated. It was replaced by GPT-5 Mini on 19 April 2026. The context window holds 16,380 tokens. It costs between $6.00 and $12.00 per million input tokens, depending on service tier.

Last updated Sep 28, 2026

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Model Details

Released
Aug 22, 2023
Status
Deprecated(on Apr 19, 2026)
Context Length
16,380
Superseded By

Where is Davinci-002 Legacy a perfect fit?

davinci-002 Legacy is best suited for maintaining older systems that depend on its specific behavior and output style. Ideal for:
- Legacy applications requiring stable, unchanged text outputs
- Migration environments before switching to modern chat-based models
- Prompt-engineered pipelines tuned specifically for davinci behavior
- Internal tools where consistency outweighs performance improvements
- Batch processing systems built on older completion APIs
- Scenarios where revalidation costs of upgrading are high

Quick Model Estimate

(USD 12.0000 per 1M tokens)
(USD 12.0000 per 1M tokens)

Your Davinci-002 Legacy Cost Estimate

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for 1000 input + 1000 output tokens

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๐Ÿ“ค Output (1000 ร— $12.000000) โ€”

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Prices are watched for changes and checked against the provider's own page.

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OpenAI LogoOpenAITextStandard$12.0000$12.0000$6.000016,380 tokensโ†’
OpenAI LogoOpenAITextBatch$6.0000$6.0000$6.000016,380 tokensโ†’

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FAQs about Davinci-002 Legacy

How much does Davinci-002 Legacy cost per 1M tokens?

Davinci-002 Legacy costs between $6.00 and $12.00 per million input tokens, and between $6.00 and $12.00 per million output tokens. The range covers Standard and Batch pricing.

What does a typical workload cost with Davinci-002 Legacy?

1,000 requests of 2,000 input and 500 output tokens each โ€” 2,000,000 input and 500,000 output tokens in total โ€” costs $15.00 with Davinci-002 Legacy at its lowest rates. Use the calculator on this page for your own volumes.

Where can I use Davinci-002 Legacy?

Davinci-002 Legacy is available through OpenAI, from $6.00 per million input tokens.

Is there cheaper Davinci-002 Legacy pricing than the standard rate?

Yes. Batch pricing for Davinci-002 Legacy starts at $6.00 per million input tokens against $12.00 on the standard tier, about 50% lower.

What is Davinci-002 Legacy's context window?

Davinci-002 Legacy has a context window of 16,380 tokens.

Is Davinci-002 Legacy still available?

Davinci-002 Legacy is deprecated and was retired on 19 April 2026. The replacement is GPT-5 Mini.