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GPT-3.5 Turbo

Fast, capable, and affordable.

Excellent speed and cost-efficiencyGood general knowledgeWidely integratedStrong conversational abilities
Today's score
90.0
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Where it ranks today

Best for / Not great for

Best for
  • Chatbots and virtual assistants
  • Content summarization
  • Drafting emails and basic content
  • Prototyping new AI applications
Not great for
  • Complex reasoning or nuanced tasks
  • Handling very long contexts
  • Cutting-edge multimodal capabilities
  • In-depth scientific analysis

Why it ranks here

Despite the advent of newer models, GPT-3.5 Turbo remains a workhorse due to its exceptional balance of speed, cost, and capability. It's the go-to model for countless applications where top-tier reasoning isn't strictly necessary.

30-day trend

Score breakdown

Search trends91
Benchmarks89
Developer buzz92
News mentions88

Pricing

API: $0.00 in · $0.00 out per 1M tokens · Consumer: $0.00/mo

Pricing plans

Free (via ChatGPT)
Accessible AI for everyday use
Free
  • Access to GPT-3.5
  • Standard response times
  • Usage limits
  • Basic chat interface
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Affordable and scalable API access
$0 /usage
  • Low cost per token
  • High throughput
  • Widely supported
  • Various model versions
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Compare with another modelHow is this score calculated? →Snapshot 2026-08-11