GPT-3.5 Turbo vs GPT-4 Comparison
Comparing GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
GPT-3.5 Turbo outperforms in 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MATH), while GPT-4 is better at 4 benchmarks (DROP, GPQA, MGSM, MMLU).
GPT-4 shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Arena Performance
Human preference votes
Pricing Analysis
Price comparison per million tokens
For input processing, GPT-3.5 Turbo ($0.50/1M tokens) is 60.0x cheaper than GPT-4 ($30.00/1M tokens).
For output processing, GPT-3.5 Turbo ($1.50/1M tokens) is 40.0x cheaper than GPT-4 ($60.00/1M tokens).
In conclusion, GPT-4 is more expensive than GPT-3.5 Turbo.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
GPT-4 accepts 32,768 input tokens compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo's 16,385 tokens. GPT-4 can generate longer responses up to 32,768 tokens, while GPT-3.5 Turbo is limited to 4,096 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
GPT-4 supports multimodal inputs, whereas GPT-3.5 Turbo does not.
GPT-4 can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.
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License
Usage and distribution terms
Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.
Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.
Proprietary
Closed source
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Closed source
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21, while GPT-4 was released on 2023-06-13.
GPT-4 is 3 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.
Mar 21, 2023
3.0 years ago
Jun 13, 2023
2.8 years ago
2mo newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-3.5 Turbo has a knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while GPT-4 has a cutoff of 2022-12-31.
GPT-4 has more recent training data (up to 2022-12-31), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo (2021-09-30).
Sep 2021
Dec 2022
1.3 yr newerProvider Availability
GPT-3.5 Turbo is available from Azure, OpenAI. GPT-4 is available from Azure, OpenAI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.
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Outputs Comparison
Key Takeaways
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Detailed Comparison
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