GPT-3.5 Turbo vs GPT-4o mini Comparison
Comparing GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4o mini across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.
Performance Benchmarks
Comparative analysis across standard metrics
GPT-3.5 Turbo outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while GPT-4o mini is better at 8 benchmarks (DROP, GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MathVista, MGSM, MMLU, MMMU).
GPT-4o mini significantly outperforms across most 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 3.3x more expensive than GPT-4o mini ($0.15/1M tokens).
For output processing, GPT-3.5 Turbo ($1.50/1M tokens) is 2.5x more expensive than GPT-4o mini ($0.60/1M tokens).
In conclusion, GPT-3.5 Turbo is more expensive than GPT-4o mini.*
* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
GPT-4o mini accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo's 16,385 tokens. GPT-4o mini can generate longer responses up to 16,384 tokens, while GPT-3.5 Turbo is limited to 4,096 tokens.
Input Capabilities
Supported data types and modalities
GPT-4o mini supports multimodal inputs, whereas GPT-3.5 Turbo does not.
GPT-4o mini 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.
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Closed source
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Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21, while GPT-4o mini was released on 2024-07-18.
GPT-4o mini is 16 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.
Mar 21, 2023
3.0 years ago
Jul 18, 2024
1.7 years ago
1.3yr newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-3.5 Turbo has a knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while GPT-4o mini has a cutoff of 2023-10-01.
GPT-4o mini has more recent training data (up to 2023-10-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo (2021-09-30).
Sep 2021
Oct 2023
2.1 yr newerProvider Availability
GPT-3.5 Turbo is available from Azure, OpenAI. GPT-4o mini is available from Azure. 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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