Is OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo or DeepSeek: R1 cheaper?

OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo is cheaper on output tokens ($1.50 vs $2.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo or DeepSeek: R1?

DeepSeek: R1 has the larger context window (64K tokens).

OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo vs DeepSeek: R1

OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo is cheaper on output tokens, while DeepSeek: R1 offers a larger context window. Choose OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo or DeepSeek: R1 based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo	DeepSeek: R1
Provider	Kilo Gateway	Kilo Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.50	$0.70
Output / 1M tokens	$1.50	$2.50
Context window	16K	64K
Parameters	20B	671B
Open weights	No	Yes
Released	Mar 2023	Jan 2025

OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo details →DeepSeek: R1 details →

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