openai / text-generation API-only released 2023-05-28

GPT-3.5 Turbo

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.

Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$1.50
Context
16.4K
AA Intelligence
5.5
Closed weights — available only as a hosted API text → text Knowledge cutoff Sep 2021 View on OpenRouter ↗

Pricing

via OpenRouter · USD per 1M tokens · synced 2026-10-24
$0.50
input / 1M
$1.50
output / 1M
—
cached input / 1M
$2.00
1M in + 1M out
:batch variant $0.25 in · $0.75 out
Context window
16,385 tokens
Max output
4,096 tokens
Providers
1
Cheapest provider
OpenAI · $0.50 / $1.50
Best throughput
—
AA Intelligence / Coding / Agentic
5.5 / 10.7 / —
✓ Tool calling ✗ Reasoning ✓ Structured outputs ✗ Image input ✗ File input ✗ Audio input ✗ Prompt caching

Price history

tracking started — chart appears after 7 days of snapshots (6 recorded)
Current: $0.50 input · $1.50 output per 1M tokens

Benchmarks

Third-party indices as published through OpenRouter — Artificial Analysis and Design Arena. Not measured by us.

AA Intelligence Index
5.5
AA Coding Index
10.7
AA Agentic Index
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Providers

1 provider · per 1M tokens · last 30 min metrics
ProviderQuantContextInputOutputUptimeTok/s
OpenAI unknown 16.4K $0.50 $1.50 0% —
Provider data from OpenRouter's endpoint listing, refreshed daily.

Specifications

Organisation
openai
Released on OpenRouter
2023-05-28
Context window
16,385 tokens
Max output
4,096 tokens
Input
text
Output
text
Knowledge cutoff
September 2021
Tokenizer
GPT
Moderated by provider
Yes
OpenRouter id
openai/gpt-3.5-turbo
Compare with
Prices, context and providers from the public OpenRouter API, snapshotted daily; benchmark indices from Artificial Analysis. See /methodology.