Is GLM 5 Turbo 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, GLM 5 Turbo or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

GLM 5 Turbo has the larger context window (203K tokens).

GLM 5 Turbo vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GLM 5 Turbo offers a larger context window. Choose GLM 5 Turbo or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct based on the trade-off between cost, context, and the benchmarks that matter for your use case.

Spec	GLM 5 Turbo	GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$1.20	$1.50
Output / 1M tokens	$4.00	$2.00
Context window	203K	8K
Parameters	—	20B
Open weights	No	No
Released	Mar 2026	Sep 2023

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