LIVE
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
USTextGPT-3.5-TURBO- Live · updated daily

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

OpenAI
Efficiency score
87/100
+1.4%
Input price
$1.50/ 1M tokens
Output price
$2.00/ 1M tokens
Context window
4K
Throughput
159tok/s
Availability
99.2%
Cost / task
$0.004

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
Text

7-day heat trend

+1.4%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$1.50/ 1M tokens
$0.0015 / 1K
Output price
$2.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0020 / 1K
Blended price
$1.88/ 1M tokens
$0.0019 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$690.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$1,980/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$1,800/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 9% of tracked models
  • Faster than 71% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #1017 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About 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.

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct is a Text model from OpenAI (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 4K-token context window, ~159 tokens/sec throughput and 99.2% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 87/100 at an estimated $0.004 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct cost per 1M tokens?+

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct is tracked at $1.50 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $1.88 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct?+

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct delivers about 159 tokens/sec with 99.2% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct is cheaper than 9% of models on input price and ranks #1017 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.