Data points: 78
Model compare
GPT-3.5 Turbo vs GPT-4
The readout for GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4, before the detailed comparison sheet.
Key Takeaways
Weighted outcome: GPT-4. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
Decision read
GPT-4
GPT-4 has the higher weighted result; Model A / B score 14 to 86.
Evidence depth
78 data points
Includes 6 benchmark rows, 0 audit samples, and 10 provider examples.
Selection signal
Start with GPT-4
The charts below split 16 high-signal samples across speed, scores, and audit health.
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Comparison sheet
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
| Model compare | GPT-3.5 Turbo | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Overall leader | Contender | Leading |
| Weighted overall score | 14.0 pts | 86.0 pts |
| Benchmark category leads | 0 categories | 3 categories |
| Operational advantages | Cheapest input price, Average speed, Provider coverage | First-token latency |
| Context window | 16.4K tokens | 8.2K tokens |
| Max output | 4.1K tokens | 4.1K tokens |
| Modalities | Input Text Output Text | Input Text Output Text |
| Features | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode | Text inputText outputTool callingStructured outputsJSON mode |
The overall result weights benchmark capability categories at 80% and price, API speed/latency, and availability at 20%. Recent test volume does not affect the winner, and missing benchmark categories are excluded.
Model metadata
Model metadata
| Model compare | GPT-3.5 Turbo | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Released | Jan 2024 | May 2023 |
| Parameters | No data | No data |
| Tokenizer | GPT | GPT |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2021-09-30 | 2021-09-30 |
| OpenRouter ID | openai/gpt-3.5-turbo | openai/gpt-4 |
| References | No data | No data |
When to choose each model
This report only uses LMSpeed data for GPT-3.5 Turbo and GPT-4: pricing, speed aggregates, third-party benchmark scores, and shared provider samples.
GPT-3.5 Turbo
GPT-3.5 Turbo has these operational advantages: Cheapest input price, Average speed, Provider coverage.
GPT-4
GPT-4 is stronger in benchmark categories (Coding, Reasoning, Math) and operational dimensions (First-token latency).
Benchmark score comparison
Third-party benchmark profile synced into LMSpeed; only metrics available for both models are shown.
Category performance
Compare benchmark category scores on a 0-100 scale. Select a category to inspect the gap.
- Model A coverage
- 3 / 8
- Model B coverage
- 3 / 8
- Shared
- 3 shared categories
Avg. score
GPT-3.5 Turbo
40
Avg. score
GPT-4
42.4
Agents
No data
Coding
GPT-4 leads by 0.7
Reasoning
GPT-4 leads by 3.5
Knowledge
No data
Math
GPT-4 leads by 2.9
Multilingual
No data
Multimodal
No data
Instruction following
No data
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
Professional benchmark details
Metric-level scores with benchmark source, rank depth, confidence, error, and evaluation date where available.
GPT-3.5 Turbo
winner$1.50/M
Rank #62/180 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$60.00/M
Rank #173/180 · confidence 4
GPT-3.5 Turbo
winner$0.750/M
Rank #70/180 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$37.50/M
Rank #178/180 · confidence 4
GPT-3.5 Turbo
winner$0.500/M
Rank #82/180 · confidence 4
GPT-4
$30.00/M
Rank #178/180 · confidence 4
GPT-3.5 Turbo
46.2%
Rank #128/129 · confidence 4
GPT-4
winner56.2%
Rank #121/129 · confidence 4
GPT-3.5 Turbo
29.7%
Rank #211/212 · confidence 4
GPT-4
winner34.9%
Rank #205/212 · confidence 4
GPT-3.5 Turbo
44.1%
Rank #70/73 · confidence 4
GPT-4
winner56.8%
Rank #66/73 · confidence 4
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
API audit comparison
Latest completed audits from shared providers, with four safety and integrity score groups plus report links.
| Provider | GPT-3.5 Turbo | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
| No completed audits are available from shared providers yet. | ||
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
Provider examples
Speed aggregates and input/output pricing share each provider row for real API selection and migration cost checks.
| Provider | GPT-3.5 Turbo | GPT-4 |
|---|---|---|
Dream API15 tests | GPT-3.5 Turbo speed / latency 127 tok/s / 743ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency 42 tok/s / 819ms input / output No data |
AZ Rix9 tests | GPT-3.5 Turbo speed / latency 140 tok/s / 460ms input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency 28 tok/s / 668ms input / output No data |
42公益站0 tests | GPT-3.5 Turbo speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
AASS API0 tests | GPT-3.5 Turbo speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
AI API0 tests | GPT-3.5 Turbo speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data | GPT-4 speed / latency N/A / N/A input / output No data |
GPT-3.5 Turbo gpt-3.5-turbo-0613 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | GPT-4 gpt-4 speed / latency No data input / output $0/request | |
GPT-3.5 Turbo gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 speed / latency No data input / output $0.055/M/$0.110/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.011/request | |
GPT-3.5 Turbo gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 speed / latency No data input / output $0.055/M/$0.110/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.011/request | |
GPT-3.5 Turbo gpt-3.5-turbo-0125 speed / latency No data input / output $0.034/M/$0.103/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.014/request | |
GPT-3.5 Turbo gpt-3.5-turbo speed / latency No data input / output $0.082/M/$0.164/M | GPT-4 gpt-4-all speed / latency No data input / output $0.016/request |
FAQ
Weighted outcome: GPT-4. Benchmark capability categories carry 80%, while price, API performance, and availability carry 20%.
- Why is this comparison indexable?
- It has 6 verifiable comparison points, and both models have pricing or benchmark data.
- Are missing metrics invented?
- No. Metrics without LMSpeed data are omitted from this report.