GPT-5.4 Mini vs GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)

API pricing, benchmark indices and specs — updated 19 October 2026.

openai · A · API-only
Input / 1M
$0.75
Output / 1M
$4.50
AA index
24.1
proprietary · 400K context
openai · B · API-only
Input / 1M
$1.00
Output / 1M
$2.00
AA index
—
proprietary · 4.1K context

Specification comparison

Differences are highlighted; identical values are muted.

Specification GPT-5.4 Mini GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Deployment API-only (closed weights) API-only (closed weights)
Parameters n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Architecture n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Context length 400,000 4,095
Licence Proprietary Proprietary
Commercial use Per API terms Per API terms
Languages n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads 30d n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Downloads all time n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Quantizations on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
Gated n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
First seen on the Hub n/a — API-only n/a — API-only
API input price / 1M tokens $0.75 $1.00
API output price / 1M tokens $4.50 $2.00
Est. cost per 1M input + 1M output tokens $5.25 $3.00
Cached input / 1M tokens $0.075 —
AA Intelligence Index 24.1 —
AA Coding Index 56.1 —
AA Agentic Index 17.9 —
Max output tokens 128,000 3,685
API providers 2 1
Tool calling Yes Yes
Reasoning mode Yes No

API cost

Estimated cost of 1M input + 1M output tokens via OpenRouter

GPT-5.4 Mini $5.25
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) $3.00

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) is 1.8× cheaper at list price.

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