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GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) vs GPT-5

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens

GPT-5 wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Better at math
  • Supports vision
  • Supports tool calls
Price Advantage
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5
Context Window
GPT-5
Speed
GPT-5

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)GPT-5Winner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.00$1.25 GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Output (per 1M tokens)$2.00$10.00 GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$125000.00 GPT-5
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) is 64% cheaper overall.

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) Providers

Azure $1.00 (Cheapest)
OpenAI $1.50

GPT-5 Providers

OpenAI $1.25 (Cheapest)
Azure $1.25 (Cheapest)

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) Wins
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GPT-5 Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)GPT-5Winner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
-44.6-
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
-36.0-
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-94.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-87.1-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
-85.4-
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-84.6-
Aider
Real-world code editing
50.488.0
AIME
Competition math
-95.7-
GPT-5 significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
4,095
tokens
Max output: 4,096 tokens
GPT-5
400,000
tokens
Max output: 128,000 tokens
GPT-5 has a 99% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)GPT-5Winner
Tokens/secondN/A83.1 tok/s
Time to First TokenN/A109.19s

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)GPT-5
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)GPT-5
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIOpenAI
ReleasedJan 2024Aug 2025

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

GPT-5 Modalities

Input
textimagefile
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) has cheaper input pricing at $1.00/M tokens. GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) has cheaper output pricing at $2.00/M tokens.
GPT-5 scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 36.0, compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)'s score of N/A.
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) has a 4,095 token context window, while GPT-5 has a 400,000 token context window.
GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) does not support vision. GPT-5 supports vision.