InstructGPT 350M
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
- 27 January 2022
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Language
- Task
- Language modeling/generation
- Base model
- GPT-3 Medium
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.
- Parameters
- 350M
- Training data
- tokens
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Record confidence
- Confident
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
Where it came from
InstructGPT 350M was published by OpenAI, in the country recorded as United States of America, during January 2022. The category the publisher falls under is industry.
It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as performing the task of language modeling/generation.
It builds on GPT-3 Medium. That is the usual way a specialised model is produced.
Because the weights are not available, none of the hardware figures elsewhere on this site apply to it.
Answers
InstructGPT 350M — common questions
InstructGPT 350M— when was it released?
It was published in January 2022. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.
InstructGPT 350M— what is it used for?
It works in the domain of Language, and is recorded as handling the task of language modeling/generation. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.
InstructGPT 350M— what GPU do I need to run it?
None. This 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.
InstructGPT 350M— is it open source?
The licensing was never recorded in our source data. We treat unstated licensing as closed, because an unrecorded licence is not one to rely on.
InstructGPT 350M— how many parameters does it have?
It has a parameter count of 350M. That figure is the total, and it is what decides how much memory the model needs — roughly half a gigabyte per billion at the compression most people use.
InstructGPT 350M— who created it?
It was published by OpenAI, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.
Source
Record last updated 28 November 2025
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