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Gpt2 Medium

by OpenAI · Released Mar 2022

Open Source
8.8
avg score
Rank #303
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Better than 3% of all models
Context
N/A
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n/a
Output $/1M
n/a
Type
text-generation
License
Open Source
Benchmarks
6 tested
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Openai-community text generation model. 704K downloads on HuggingFace.

Tested on 6 benchmarks · BenchGecko score 8.8. Top scores: IFEval (22.1%), MUSR (6.2%), BBH (HuggingFace) (2.7%).

Capabilities
reasoning
6.2
#200 globally
math
0.8
#283 globally
knowledge
1.9
#300 globally
language
22.1
#158 globally
general
2.7
#217 globally
Benchmark Scores
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Tested on 6 benchmarks · Ranked across 5 categories
Score Distribution (all 312 models)
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reasoningCompare reasoning →
MUSR

HuggingFace MuSR (Multi-Step Reasoning). Tests multi-hop reasoning requiring chaining multiple facts together.

6.2·
mathCompare math →
MATH Level 5

HuggingFace evaluation of MATH Level 5 problems. Competition math requiring advanced reasoning and proof construction.

0.8·
knowledgeCompare knowledge →
MMLU-PRO

HuggingFace MMLU-Pro. Harder version of MMLU with 10 answer choices instead of 4 and more challenging questions.

2.0·
GPQA

HuggingFace evaluation of GPQA (Graduate-Level Google-Proof Q&A). PhD-level science questions that cannot be easily searched.

1.7·
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Specifications
  • Typetext-generation
  • ContextN/A
  • ReleasedMar 2022
  • LicenseOpen Source
  • StatusActive
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Gpt2 Medium is an open-source text-generation AI model by OpenAI, released in March 2022. It has an average benchmark score of 8.8.

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SmolLM2 135M · Hugging Face TBDistilgpt2 · DistilBERTGpt2 Large · OpenAIQwen2 0.5B Instruct · AlibabaPythia 160m · eleutherai

Benchmarks

IFEvalMUSRBBH (HuggingFace)MMLU-PROGPQA

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Key facts · as of 2026-04-09

  • Gpt2 Medium by OpenAI. BenchGecko score 8.8, rank 303 of 312 scored models (normalized average of public benchmark scores).
  • List price n/a input · n/a output per 1M tokens (as of 2026-04-09).

How to cite · data as of 2026-04-09

Gpt2 Medium · benchmarks, pricing and providers. BenchGecko, data as of 2026-04-09. https://benchgecko.ai/model/openai-community-gpt2-medium

Credit "Source: BenchGecko" with a link. Prices per provider and Gecko Tests are BenchGecko data (CC BY 4.0); benchmark scores keep their original source, listed in the JSON. JSON · llms.txt · MCP