OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo
Analysis Summary
OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo sits in the Efficient tier on our leaderboard, ranked #231 of 525 published models on overall intelligence. At $0.500 input and $1.50 output per 1M tokens, it is among the most expensive on the market. It offers a compact context window and supports tool use and function calling.
Editorial notes
GPT-3.5 Turbo is a legacy model from 2023 with very limited reasoning and coding capability by modern standards; while pricing is low, it has been far surpassed by current-generation models and is not suitable for demanding business applications.
Assessed April 16, 2026
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Performance Profile
GPT-3.5 Turbo is OpenAI's fastest model. It can understand and generate natural language or code, and is optimized for chat and traditional completion tasks. Training data up to Sep 2021.
Capabilities
Benchmark Scores
Intelligence
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
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Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.50 | $0.000500 |
| Output | $1.50 | $0.001500 |
Live Performance
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