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babbage-002 pricing

babbage-002 from OpenAI costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $0.400 per 1M output tokens.

API id babbage-002 · OpenAI · source · updated 2026-09-26 · general-purpose

$0.400
Input / 1M tokens
$0.400
Output / 1M tokens
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Cached input / 1M
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Context window

babbage-002 specifications

Provider
OpenAI
API id
babbage-002
Model type
general-purpose
Context window
— tokens
Max output
not published
Currency
USD
Price source
First-party
Last checked
2026-09-26

What babbage-002 costs in practice

Estimated cost at common usage volumes
WorkloadInput tokensOutput tokensEstimated cost
Short chat turn1,000500$0.0006
Document summary50,0002,000$0.02
1M tokens in, 200K out1,000,000200,000$0.48

Estimates use the standard tier and ignore caching discounts, so real bills with repeated prompt prefixes are typically lower.

Common questions

How much does babbage-002 cost per 1M tokens?
babbage-002 costs $0.400 per 1M input tokens and $0.400 per 1M output tokens on the standard tier.
What is babbage-002's context window?
OpenAI does not publish a context window for babbage-002 on its pricing page.
Is there a cheaper OpenAI model than babbage-002?
Yes. omni-moderation-latest is free per 1M input tokens versus $0.400 for babbage-002.
Where does this babbage-002 price come from?
Directly from OpenAI's published pricing page, re-read every day and normalized to USD per 1,000,000 tokens.

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