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GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)

Price#148 of 248
$1.25per 1M tokens
Dearer than most
1.5× the median
Speed#80 of 215
96tokens/s
Above the median
1.3× the median

No cheaper ranked model scores higher: it is on the price frontier.

As of 6 Nov 2026, GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) by OpenAI is not yet ranked on the BenchLeader Index, which needs at least five independent results across two categories. API pricing: $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens ($1.25 blended at 3:1), list price on 6 Nov 2026. It streams about 96 tokens/s (OpenRouter). Released 13 Jun 2023.

Key facts (as of 6 Nov 2026)

  • GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) API pricing: $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens ($1.25 blended at 3:1) (list price, 6 Nov 2026).
  • GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) streams about 96 tokens/s (OpenRouter, 6 Nov 2026).
  • GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) was released on 13 Jun 2023 (OpenAI).

In detail. GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) is an OpenAI proprietary model, released 13 Jun 2023. It is not yet ranked: no independent benchmark results so far, only pricing and metadata. At $1.25 per million tokens blended it is mid-priced. Output speed of 96 tokens per second puts it faster than most, with a first token in 0.9 s.

Blended price
$1.25/M
$1.00 in · $2.00 out
via OpenRouter
Output speed
96 tok/s
OpenRouter traffic, 7-day median; not yet measured by Artificial Analysis
First answer
0.86 s
Context
4k
via Artificial Analysis
Full answer
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Cost per task
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Tokens per task
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Released
13 Jun 2023

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Reasoning

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BIG-Bench Hardnot in index61.6%#14Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub
WinoGrandenot in index81.6%#12Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub
CommonsenseQA 2not in index57.0%#3Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub

Maths

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GSM8Knot in index57.8%#28Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub

Knowledge

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MMLUnot in index68.9%#58Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub

API pricing: where to run it

Every provider serving this model through OpenRouter, with throughput and first-token latency measured on live traffic over the last 30 minutes and each provider’s own price. Purple marks the best in each column.

ProviderSpeedFirst tokenInput $/MOutput $/MContextQuantisation
Azure99 tok/s0.89 s$1.00$2.004k–

What a task costs

Estimates from list price, output speed and time to first answer for the best configuration. “With caching” assumes three-quarters of the input is served from the prompt cache. Reasoning tokens are not modelled.

WorkloadTokens in / outCostWith cachingTime
Chat reply400 / 300$0.0010–4.0 s
Summarize a 30-page report12,000 / 600$0.013–7.1 s
Code edit6,000 / 1,500$0.0090–16.5 s
Agentic coding session60,000 / 4,000$0.068–42.5 s
Structured extraction2,000 / 200$0.0024–2.9 s

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Questions people ask

Why does GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) have no BenchLeader Index score?
The index needs at least five independent results across at least two categories, and as of 6 Nov 2026 GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) does not have them yet. Launch-post scores are never used, so it is ranked once independent publishers have measured it.
How much does GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) cost per 1M tokens?
As of 6 Nov 2026, GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) costs $1.00 per 1M input tokens and $2.00 per 1M output tokens, $1.25 blended (three input tokens per output token).
When was GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) released?
OpenAI released GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) on 13 Jun 2023.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026. Compare with another model.

Cite as: BenchLeader, “GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613): benchmarks, pricing, speed and rank”, data as of 6 Nov 2026, https://www.benchleader.com/models/gpt-3-5-turbo-0613.