Model Comparison

GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Grok-1.5V

Grok-1.5V significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

GPT-3.5 Turbo outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Grok-1.5V is better at 2 benchmarks (MathVista, MMMU).

Grok-1.5V significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

Cost data unavailable.

Lowest available price from all providers
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OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Input tokens$0.50
Output tokens$1.50
Best providerAzure
xAI
Grok-1.5V
Input tokens$0.00
Output tokens$0.00
Best providerUnknown Organization
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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).

OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Input16,385 tokens
Output4,096 tokens
xAI
Grok-1.5V
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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Input Capabilities

Supported data types and modalities

Grok-1.5V supports multimodal inputs, whereas GPT-3.5 Turbo does not.

Grok-1.5V can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Grok-1.5V

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Both models are licensed under proprietary licenses.

Both models have usage restrictions defined by their respective organizations.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Proprietary

Closed source

Grok-1.5V

Proprietary

Closed source

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21, while Grok-1.5V was released on 2024-04-12.

Grok-1.5V is 13 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Mar 21, 2023

3.1 years ago

Grok-1.5V

Apr 12, 2024

2.0 years ago

1.1yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-3.5 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while Grok-1.5V'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 Grok-1.5V's cutoff date.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Sep 2021

Grok-1.5V

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

OpenAI
Larger context window (16,385 tokens)
xAI
Supports multimodal inputs
Higher MathVista score (52.8% vs 0.0%)
Higher MMMU score (53.6% vs 0.0%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo
xAI
Grok-1.5V

FAQ

Common questions about GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Grok-1.5V

Grok-1.5V significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. GPT-3.5 Turbo is made by OpenAI and Grok-1.5V is made by xAI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their benchmark scores, pricing, and capabilities above.
GPT-3.5 Turbo scores DROP: 70.2%, MMLU: 69.8%, HumanEval: 68.0%, MGSM: 56.3%, MATH: 43.1%. Grok-1.5V scores AI2D: 88.3%, DocVQA: 85.6%, TextVQA: 78.1%, ChartQA: 76.1%, RealWorldQA: 68.7%.
GPT-3.5 Turbo supports 16K tokens and Grok-1.5V supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.
Key differences include multimodal support (no vs yes). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
GPT-3.5 Turbo is developed by OpenAI and Grok-1.5V is developed by xAI.