Sora Turbo

Closed weights OpenAI December 2024

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
9 December 2024

What it does

The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.

Domain
Video, Vision
Task
Video generation, Text-to-video

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
Hosted access (no API)
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
Why it is tracked
Significant use
Record confidence
Unknown

Sources

Where this record came from and when it was last checked.

Reference
Sora is here
Last updated
28 November 2025

What the numbers mean

About this model

Sora Turbo was published by OpenAI, in the country recorded as United States of America, during December 2024. It comes out of an organisation categorised as industry.

It works in the domain of Video, Vision, and is recorded as performing the task of video generation, Text-to-video.

Its weights were never published, so it can only be reached through its provider. No graphics card changes that.

How it was trained

Its inclusion criterion: significant use.

Answers

Sora Turbo — common questions

01

Sora Turbo— who created it?

It was published by OpenAI, based in United States of America, an organisation categorised as industry.

02

Sora Turbo— when was it released?

It was published in December 2024. Capability per parameter has improved considerably since, so a newer model of the same size is often the better use of the same hardware.

03

Sora Turbo— what is it used for?

It works in the domain of Video, Vision, and is recorded as handling the task of video generation, Text-to-video. These are the areas it was designed around; they describe intent rather than a hard boundary.

04

Sora Turbo— 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.

05

Sora Turbo— is it open source?

No. Its weights have not been published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.

06

Sora Turbo— how many parameters does it have?

No parameter count has been published for it, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.

Source

Original publication

Record last updated 28 November 2025

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