Scheduled for retirement on Oct 23, 2026. Still available at the prices below until then.
Context
16K
Max output
4K
Serving providers
4
Cheapest input
$0.50 /1M
On-demand listed rates, OpenRouter routed quotes and Vercel reseller quotes. Enterprise commitments (committed-use discounts, provisioned throughput, negotiated rates) can be materially lower.

Benchmarks

independent evaluations · source: Artificial Analysis
Headline indices
10.7
of 100
Frozen Sep 9, 2026
Individual benchmarks · click a row for effort variants
BenchmarkBest scoreEffortCost / task
GPQA Diamond30%default—
MMLU-ProFrozen Aug 18, 202646%default—
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Sep 9, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.
Artificial Analysis last published scores for this benchmark on Aug 18, 2026. Scores here are frozen at that date, and models released since are not on it.

Pricing by serving provider

standard tier · per 1M tokens · click a provider to expand
Serving providerInput /1MOutput /1MEndpoints
Azure$0.50$1.501
OpenAICheapest$0.50$1.501
Standardgpt-3.5-turbo
ComponentUnitStandard
Text input/1M tok$0.50
Text output/1M tok$1.50
OpenRouter$0.50$1.501
VercelVercel reseller quote$0.50$1.501
OpenRouter (batch)$0.25$0.751

Price history

listed seller prices, input and output per 1M tokens
Input Output
Input down 67% since first tracked
$0.00$0.50$1.00$1.50$2.00Sep 20May 21Sep 24Jun 22$1.50$0.50

Cost calculator

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$220
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Model IDs

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openai/gpt-3.5-turbo:batchazure/gpt-3.5-turbogpt-3.5-turboopenai/gpt-3.5-turboopenai/gpt-3.5-turbo

Frequently asked questions

GPT-3.5 Turbo pricing, context and availability

Is GPT-3.5 Turbo still available?

Yes. GPT-3.5 Turbo is scheduled for retirement on 2026-10-23.

How much does GPT-3.5 Turbo cost?

GPT-3.5 Turbo costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens from OpenAI, and $1.50 per 1M output tokens from OpenAI.

What is the context window of GPT-3.5 Turbo?

GPT-3.5 Turbo accepts up to 16K tokens of context and can return up to 4K output tokens.

Which providers serve GPT-3.5 Turbo?

GPT-3.5 Turbo is available from 4 serving providers, each with its own pricing and model ID. OpenAI is currently the cheapest.

What can GPT-3.5 Turbo do?

GPT-3.5 Turbo supports tool use and prompt caching.

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