GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Mistral Large 2 Comparison

Comparing GPT-3.5 Turbo and Mistral Large 2 across benchmarks, pricing, and capabilities.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

2 benchmarks

GPT-3.5 Turbo outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Mistral Large 2 is better at 2 benchmarks (HumanEval, MMLU).

Mistral Large 2 significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Arena Performance

Human preference votes

Pricing Analysis

Price comparison per million tokens

GPT-3.5 Turbo costs less

For input processing, GPT-3.5 Turbo ($0.50/1M tokens) is 4.0x cheaper than Mistral Large 2 ($2.00/1M tokens).

For output processing, GPT-3.5 Turbo ($1.50/1M tokens) is 4.0x cheaper than Mistral Large 2 ($6.00/1M tokens).

In conclusion, Mistral Large 2 is more expensive than GPT-3.5 Turbo.*

* Using a 3:1 ratio of input to output tokens

Lowest available price from all providers

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GPT-3.5 Turbo

Input tokens$0.50

Output tokens$1.50

Best providerAzure

Mistral Large 2

Input tokens$2.00

Output tokens$6.00

Best providerGoogle

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Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Mistral Large 2 accepts 128,000 input tokens compared to GPT-3.5 Turbo's 16,385 tokens. Mistral Large 2 can generate longer responses up to 128,000 tokens, while GPT-3.5 Turbo is limited to 4,096 tokens.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Input16,385 tokens

Output4,096 tokens

Mistral Large 2

Input128,000 tokens

Output128,000 tokens

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License

Usage and distribution terms

GPT-3.5 Turbo is licensed under a proprietary license, while Mistral Large 2 uses Mistral Research License.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Proprietary

Closed source

Mistral Large 2

Mistral Research License

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21, while Mistral Large 2 was released on 2024-07-24.

Mistral Large 2 is 16 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Mar 21, 2023

3.0 years ago

Mistral Large 2

Jul 24, 2024

1.7 years ago

1.3yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-3.5 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while Mistral Large 2'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 Mistral Large 2's cutoff date.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Sep 2021

Mistral Large 2

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Provider Availability

GPT-3.5 Turbo is available from Azure, OpenAI. Mistral Large 2 is available from Google, Mistral AI. The availability of providers can affect quality of the model and reliability.