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OpenAI•Open weights•November 30, 2022

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Intelligence, Performance & Price Analysis

Source:Artificial Analysis scrapeType:Open weights
Intelligence
4

score

GPT-3.5 Turbo scores 4 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the …

vs class avg: 11

Input Price#72/83
$0.50

/ 1M tokens

GPT-3.5 Turbo costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.20) and $1. …

Output Price#62/83
$1.50

/ 1M tokens

GPT-3.5 Turbo costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.20) and $1. …

Speed
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Latency
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Decision Overview

Ethen's intelligence-driven routing assessment for this model

Overall verdict

Budget-friendly / task-specific model

Best for high-volume, simple, or domain-specific tasks where cost or speed matters more than deep reasoning.

Best for

  • Simple Q&A
  • High-throughput chat
  • Classification
  • Extraction

Weak or unsuitable

  • Complex reasoning
  • Creative writing
  • Multi-step tasks
  • Predictable high-volume throughput

Routing recommendation

1

Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

2

Cache-backed reuse for repeated prompts

Cost pressure

Moderate pricing — $0.50 / M input, $1.50 / M output. Costs are manageable, but volume should still be reviewed.

Model-fit matrix

Use this model where capability pays for itself; route away where volume, latency, or budget dominate.

Use caseFitReasonRouting note
Complex reasoning & agentic workflowsWeakIntelligence score 4 is better suited for straightforward tasks than multi-step reasoning.Avoid routing complex agentic tasks to this model.
Cost-sensitive pipelinesStrongOutput pricing at $1.50 is reasonable for moderate volume.Suitable for production; review costs as volume grows.

Cost pressure

Medium

Pricing is moderate — input $0.50, output $1.50. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

Cheaper substitutes

  • Cheaper routes for predictable extraction, labeling, or summarization

Route away when

  • Predictable high-volume throughput
  • Non-critical classification and extraction

Highlights

Key benchmark results at a glance.

Intelligence

Intelligence position

Open section

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

GPT-3.5 Turbo scores 4 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the lower end among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 11).

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)gpt-oss-120b (high): 2424AIgpt-oss-120b (high)GPT-3.5 Turbo: 3.63.6AIGPT-3.5 Turbo

Speed

Speed position

Open section

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Higher throughput supports faster interactive use.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Context, Cost & Pricing

Price/value position

Open section

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Pricing is moderate — input $0.50, output $1.50. Costs accumulate at volume but are manageable for valuable tasks.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraKimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6GLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Intelligence & Quality

Benchmark scores and quality indices measuring model capability.

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index by Open Weights / Proprietary

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index v4.1 incorporates 9 evaluations: GDPval-AA v2, 𝜏³-Banking, Terminal-Bench v2.1, SciCode, Humanity's Last Exam, GPQA Diamond, CritPt, AA-Omniscience, AA-LCR · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)

Intelligence

Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0204060Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 6060AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 5555AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)GLM-5.2 (max): 5151?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 5050GGemini 3.5 FlashMiniMax-M3: 4444?MiniMax-M3DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 4444DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Kimi K2.6: 4444KKimi K2.6Muse Spark: 4343?Muse SparkNemotron 3 Ultra: 3838NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): 3838xGrok 4.3 (high)GPT-3.5 Turbo: 3.63.6AIGPT-3.5 Turbo

Speed & Throughput

Output tokens per second and generation throughput.

Speed

Output tokens per second · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

088175263350gpt-oss-120b (high): 314314AIgpt-oss-120b (high)Nemotron 3 Ultra: 250250NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 218218?GLM-5.2 (max)Gemini 3.5 Flash: 192192GGemini 3.5 FlashGrok 4.3 (high): 164164xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 9999?MiniMax-M3GPT-5.5 (xhigh): 8888AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Kimi K2.6: 7676KKimi K2.6DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 7272DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): 7171AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…

Context, Cost & Pricing

Context window size, cost per task, and token pricing.

Context Window

Context window: tokens limit · Higher is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

02.5M5M7.5M10MLlama 4 Scout: 10M10MMLlama 4 ScoutGemini 3.5 Flash: 1M1MGGemini 3.5 FlashClaude Fable 5 (with fallback): 1M1MAClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GLM-5.2 (max): 1M1M?GLM-5.2 (max)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1M1MDDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)Grok 4.3 (high): 1M1MxGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: 1M1M?MiniMax-M3GPT-4.1 mini: 1M1MAIGPT-4.1 miniLlama 4 Maverick: 1M1MMLlama 4 MaverickGPT-4.1 nano: 1M1MAIGPT-4.1 nano

Cost per Intelligence Index Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index task, segmented by token type. Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

00.51GLM-5.2 (max): 00?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 00KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: 00NNemotron 3 UltraQwen3 Coder Next: 00QQwen3 Coder NextMiniMax-M3: 00?MiniMax-M3Mistral Medium 3.1: 00MiMistral Medium 3.1Grok 4.3 (high): 00xGrok 4.3 (high)MiMo-V2-Flash: 00?MiMo-V2-FlashDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 00DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)GPT-4.1 mini: 00AIGPT-4.1 mini

Cost per Task

Weighted average cost (USD) per Intelligence Index task · Lower is better · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

$0.00$1.00$2.00$3.00$4.00$5.00Claude Fable 5 (with fallback): $2.75$2.75AClaude Fable 5 (with fal…GPT-5.5 (xhigh): $0.86$0.86AIGPT-5.5 (xhigh)Gemini 3.5 Flash: $0.59$0.59GGemini 3.5 FlashGLM-5.2 (max): $0.37$0.37?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: $0.35$0.35KKimi K2.6Nemotron 3 Ultra: $0.24$0.24NNemotron 3 UltraGrok 4.3 (high): $0.14$0.14xGrok 4.3 (high)MiniMax-M3: $0.12$0.12?MiniMax-M3gpt-oss-120b (high): $0.06$0.06AIgpt-oss-120b (high)DeepSeek V4 Pro (max): $0.04$0.04DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)

Cost to Run Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index

Cost (USD) to run all evaluations in the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

010203040Qwen3 Coder Next: 3939QQwen3 Coder NextNemotron 3 Ultra: 3434NNemotron 3 UltraGLM-5.2 (max): 3333?GLM-5.2 (max)Kimi K2.6: 2525KKimi K2.6Mistral Medium 3.1: 1717MiMistral Medium 3.1MiniMax-M3: 1515?MiniMax-M3Grok 4.3 (high): 1313xGrok 4.3 (high)MiMo-V2-Flash: 1111?MiMo-V2-FlashMistral Large 3: 8.48.4MiMistral Large 3GPT-4.1 mini: 8.38.3AIGPT-4.1 mini

Pricing: Cache Hit, Input, and Output

Price (USD per M Tokens) · Evaluation results measured independently by Artificial Analysis

Source and methodology are summarized below

Chart source and provenance are listed in Methodology & sources below.

0250k500k750k1MNemotron 3 Ultra: 3.63.6NNemotron 3 UltraMistral Medium 3.1: 2.42.4MiMistral Medium 3.1GPT-4.1 mini: 2.12.1AIGPT-4.1 miniGPT-3.5 Turbo: 22AIGPT-3.5 TurboMistral Large 3: 22MiMistral Large 3Qwen3 Coder Next: 1.91.9QQwen3 Coder NextLlama 3.3 70B: 1.91.9MLlama 3.3 70BMiniMax-M3: 1.61.6?MiniMax-M3Llama 4 Maverick: 1.51.5MLlama 4 MaverickDeepSeek V4 Pro (max): 1.31.3DDeepSeek V4 Pro (max)cache Hitinputoutput

Specifications

Technical Specifications

GPT-3.5 Turbo scores 4 (estimated) on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, placing it at the lower end among other non-reasoning models in a similar price tier (median: 11). GPT-3.5 Turbo costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens (at the higher end, median: $0.20) and $1.50 per 1M output tokens (somewhat higher than average, median: $0.70), based on OpenAI's API.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Model type
Open weights
Reasoning
No
Input modalities
GPT-3.5 Turbo supports text only input.
Output modalities
GPT-3.5 Turbo supports text only output.
Context window
GPT-3.5 Turbo has a context window of 4.1k tokens. This determines how much text and conversation history the model can process in a single request.
Open weights / source
No, GPT-3.5 Turbo is proprietary. The model weights are not publicly available.
Parameters
GPT-3.5 Turbo is a proprietary model and OpenAI has not disclosed the model size or parameter count.
Knowledge cutoff
GPT-3.5 Turbo has a knowledge cutoff of September 2021. The model's training data includes information up to this date.
API availability
Yes, GPT-3.5 Turbo is available via API through 1 provider.

Methodology & Provenance

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