openai / text-generation API-only released 2023-09-28

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

This model is a variant of GPT-3.5 Turbo tuned for instructional prompts and omitting chat-related optimizations. Training data: up to Sep 2021.

Input / 1M
$1.50
Output / 1M
$2.00
Context
4.1K
AA Intelligence
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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
$1.50
input / 1M
$2.00
output / 1M
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cached input / 1M
$3.50
1M in + 1M out
Context window
4,095 tokens
Max output
3,685 tokens
Providers
1
Cheapest provider
OpenAI · $1.50 / $2.00
Best throughput
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AA Intelligence / Coding / Agentic
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✗ 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: $1.50 input · $2.00 output per 1M tokens

Providers

1 provider · per 1M tokens · last 30 min metrics
ProviderQuantContextInputOutputUptimeTok/s
OpenAI unknown 4.1K $1.50 $2.00 — —
Provider data from OpenRouter's endpoint listing, refreshed daily.

Specifications

Organisation
openai
Released on OpenRouter
2023-09-28
Context window
4,095 tokens
Max output
3,685 tokens
Input
text
Output
text
Knowledge cutoff
September 2021
Tokenizer
GPT
Moderated by provider
Yes
OpenRouter id
openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct
Compare with
Prices, context and providers from the public OpenRouter API, snapshotted daily; benchmark indices from Artificial Analysis. See /methodology.