Model Comparison

GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

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Performance Benchmarks

Comparative analysis across standard metrics

5 benchmarks

GPT-3.5 Turbo outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is better at 5 benchmarks (GPQA, HumanEval, MATH, MGSM, MMLU).

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct 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
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
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
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
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License

Usage and distribution terms

GPT-3.5 Turbo is licensed under a proprietary license, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct uses MIT.

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

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Proprietary

Closed source

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

MIT

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

GPT-3.5 Turbo was released on 2023-03-21, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct was released on 2024-08-23.

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is 17 months newer than GPT-3.5 Turbo.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Mar 21, 2023

3.0 years ago

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Aug 23, 2024

1.6 years ago

1.4yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

GPT-3.5 Turbo has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2021-09-30, while Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct'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 Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct's cutoff date.

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Sep 2021

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

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Outputs Comparison

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Key Takeaways

OpenAI
Larger context window (16,385 tokens)
Microsoft
Has open weights
Higher GPQA score (36.8% vs 30.8%)
Higher HumanEval score (70.7% vs 68.0%)
Higher MATH score (59.5% vs 43.1%)
Higher MGSM score (58.7% vs 56.3%)
Higher MMLU score (78.9% vs 69.8%)

Detailed Comparison

AI Model Comparison Table
Feature
OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Microsoft
Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

FAQ

Common questions about GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct

Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct significantly outperforms across most benchmarks. GPT-3.5 Turbo is made by OpenAI and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is made by Microsoft. 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%. Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct scores ARC-C: 91.0%, OpenBookQA: 89.6%, GSM8k: 88.7%, PIQA: 88.6%, RULER: 87.1%.
GPT-3.5 Turbo supports 16K tokens and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct 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 licensing (Proprietary vs MIT). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.
GPT-3.5 Turbo is developed by OpenAI and Phi-3.5-MoE-instruct is developed by Microsoft.