Is Kimi K2.6 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct cheaper?

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($2.00 vs $4.00 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, Kimi K2.6 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

Kimi K2.6 has the larger context window (262K tokens).

Kimi K2.6 vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while Kimi K2.6 offers a larger context window. Choose Kimi K2.6 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	Kimi K2.6	GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$0.95	$1.50
Output / 1M tokens	$4.00	$2.00
Context window	262K	8K
Parameters	1T	20B
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Apr 2026	Sep 2023

Kimi K2.6 details →GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct details →

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