Operator
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- OpenAI
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 23 January 2023
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Language, Vision
- Task
- Language modeling/generation, Question answering, System control, Code generation, Instruction interpretation, Search, Quantitative reasoning
- Base model
- Computer-Using Agent (CUA),GPT-4o
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Training data
- tokens
Availability
Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.
- Weights
- Closed — provider access only
- Model access
- API access
- Training code
- Unreleased
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Likely above 10²³ FLOP
- Yes
- Record confidence
- Unknown
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- A research preview of an agent that can use its own browser to perform tasks for you. Available to Pro users in the U.S.
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
Where it came from
Operator was published by OpenAI, in United States of America, in January 2023. industry is the category the publisher falls under.
It works in Language, Vision, and is recorded as doing language modeling/generation, Question answering, System control, Code generation, Instruction interpretation, Search, Quantitative reasoning.
It builds on Computer-Using Agent (CUA),GPT-4o, which is why it shares that model's general shape and size.
Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.
Answers
Operator — common questions
How many parameters does Operator have?
No parameter count has been published for Operator, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
Who created Operator?
Operator was published by OpenAI, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.
When was Operator released?
Operator was published in January 2023. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
What is Operator used for?
Operator works in Language, Vision, and is recorded as handling language modeling/generation, Question answering, System control, Code generation, Instruction interpretation, Search, Quantitative reasoning. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
What GPU do I need to run Operator?
None. Operator is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Is Operator open source?
No. Operator has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
The other direction
Looking at it from the other side?
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