OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo, OpenAI — route, pricing & source
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.
OpenRoutermediumLast checked: Jun 2, 2026
Input
$0.5000 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Output
$1.50 / 1M
/ 1M tokens
Cached input
Not available
Not available
Cache write
Not available
Not available
Context and limits
Context window
16.4K
Max output
4,096
Input modalities
text
Output modalities
text
Weight access
Closed
Availability
Unknown
Capability flags
ToolsJSON
From source metadata + verification fields — confirm provider docs before production.
Benchmarks
No safely merged benchmark result for this model yet.
Access and license
Official API
No
Open weights
No
Self-hostable
No
License
Closed · API onlyNo public weights: use through a vendor’s cloud API or product. “Proprietary” means the creator does not distribute the trained model weights for self-hosting.
Example costs
Scenario: 1K input + 300 output tokens / request
10,000 requests
$9.50
100,000 requests
$95.00
1,000,000 requests
$950.00
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