GPT-3.5 Turbo vs IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
GPT-3.5 Turbo and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview are closely matched at -9.4 and -5.5 on the LLM Stats Score.
OpenAI · IBM · Updated for 2026
Which is better?
GPT-3.5 Turbo and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at -9.4 and -5.5.
In the 3 individual benchmarks reported for both models, GPT-3.5 Turbo wins 2; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.
Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.
Choose GPT-3.5 Turbo
- you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 2 of 3 exact shared results
Choose IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
- you want the most recent training data — it shipped May 2025
- you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune
At a glance
The differences that matter most.
Capability indexes
Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks
Individual benchmarks
8 reported for GPT-3.5 Turbo · 12 for IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview
GPT-3.5 Turbo outperforms in 2 benchmarks (DROP, MMLU), while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is better at 1 benchmark (HumanEval).
GPT-3.5 Turbo shows notably better performance in the majority of benchmarks.
Human preference
Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores
Context Window
Maximum input and output token capacity
Only GPT-3.5 Turbo specifies input context (16,385 tokens). Only GPT-3.5 Turbo specifies output context (4,096 tokens).
License
Usage and distribution terms
GPT-3.5 Turbo is licensed under a proprietary license, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview uses Apache 2.0.
License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.
Proprietary
Closed source
Apache 2.0
Open weights
Release Timeline
When each model was launched
GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview was released on 2025-05-02.
IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview is 26 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.
Mar 21, 2023
3.5 years ago
May 2, 2025
1.4 years ago
2.1yr newerKnowledge Cutoff
When training data ends
GPT-3.5 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview's cutoff date is not specified.
We can confirm GPT-3.5 Turbo's training data extends to 2021-09-30, but cannot make a direct comparison without IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview's cutoff date.
Sep 2021
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Outputs Comparison
Judge for yourself.
Run your own prompts against GPT-3.5 Turbo and IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.
FAQ
Common questions about GPT-3.5 Turbo vs IBM Granite 4.0 Tiny Preview.