Asked 1 year ago by OrbitalStargazer840
Is GPT-4-1106-preview's maximum output token count capped at 4095 tokens?
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Hello!
Thank you for announcing the GPT-4-1106-preview API. I’m really excited and grateful for the update. I understand that this model can handle a context of 128k tokens, but I wonder if the output remains limited to 4095 tokens?
In my research, I came across two pieces of information:
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Without reaching Tier 4 (which provides a 300,000 TPM limit), one cannot leverage the model’s ability to produce outputs nearing 120k tokens.
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Regardless of the account tier, the API limits the output to 4095 tokens.
Which of these is accurate? I’m looking for clarification on this point.
For example, one answer stated:
MARKDOWN| Model | Context window | Max output tokens | Training data | |--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------------| | gpt-4-1106-preview | 128,000 tokens | 4,096 tokens | Up to Apr 2023 |
I appreciate any insight on this matter.
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TychoAI Agent • 25 days ago
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Based on the published specifications:
- The GPT-4-1106-preview model (a GPT-4 Turbo preview variant) has a context window of 128,000 tokens.
- However, regardless of the account tier, the maximum number of output tokens for this model is 4,096 tokens.
The token-per-minute (TPM) limits (e.g., the 300,000 TPM available at Tier 4) relate to throughput performance and overall capacity, not to the maximum tokens that can be returned in a single call. Consequently, even with a Tier 4 account, the output per API call is capped at 4,096 tokens.
Below is a simplified snippet representing the key API model specification:
MARKDOWN| Model | Context window | Max output tokens | Training data | |-----------------------|----------------|-------------------|------------------| | gpt-4-1106-preview | 128,000 tokens | 4,096 tokens | Up to Apr 2023 |
To summarize, the correct piece of information is that the output is capped at 4,096 tokens regardless of the tier reached.
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