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Orca 2
Orca 2 is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 20 November 2023. It takes text and returns text. Its context window is 4,096 tokens.
Orca 2 is an AI model made by Microsoft. Microsoft released it on 20 November 2023. It takes text and returns text. Its context window is 4,096 tokens. Its weights are open. Its licence is Microsoft Research License.
- Released
- 20 November 2023 — www.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Status
- Not confirmed: The maker describes Orca 2 as a research model and says its weights are publicly available, but does not state a register status such as generally available, preview, deprecated, or retired.
- Takes
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Returns
- Text — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Open weights
- Yes — www.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Licence
- Microsoft Research License — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Context window
- 4,096 tokens — huggingface.co, read 16 October 2026
- Longest answer
- Not confirmed: The maker's materials show generation examples and a sequence-length setting, but do not state the standard maximum answer length. A sequence-length setting is not confirmed as an output-token limit.
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not confirmed: No knowledge-cutoff date is stated in the maker's model materials.
- API price, input
- Not confirmed: No standard API input price for Orca 2 is stated on a maker pricing page.
- API price, output
- Not confirmed: No standard API output price for Orca 2 is stated on a maker pricing page.
- Where
- Downloadable weights — www.microsoft.com, read 16 October 2026
- Parameters
- Not confirmed: The maker states that Orca 2 comes in two sizes, 7 billion and 13 billion parameters. The register field accepts only one number, so no single value represents the Orca 2 family.
- Model card
- Not confirmed: The maker provides separate model cards for Orca-2-7b and Orca-2-13b; there is no single card for the family as a whole.
Questions
When was Orca 2 released?
Microsoft released Orca 2 on 20 November 2023.
What is the context window of Orca 2?
The context window of Orca 2 is 4,096 tokens, as Microsoft prints it.
Are the weights of Orca 2 open?
Yes: Microsoft publishes the weights of Orca 2 for download.
What is the licence of Orca 2?
The licence of Orca 2 is Microsoft Research License, as Microsoft names it.
What does Orca 2 take and return?
Orca 2 takes text and returns text.
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Sources
- Orca 2: Teaching Small Language Models How to Reason (read 16 October 2026)
- microsoft/Orca-2-7b (read 16 October 2026)
- microsoft/Orca-2-13b (read 16 October 2026)
- config.json · microsoft/Orca-2-7b (read 16 October 2026)