Is GLM 5.2 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct cheaper?

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is cheaper on output tokens ($2.00 vs $4.50 per 1M).

Which has the larger context window, GLM 5.2 or GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct?

GLM 5.2 has the larger context window (1M tokens).

GLM 5.2 vs GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is cheaper on output tokens, while GLM 5.2 offers a larger context window. Choose GLM 5.2 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 5.2	GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct
Provider	Vercel AI Gateway	Vercel AI Gateway
Input / 1M tokens	$1.50	$1.50
Output / 1M tokens	$4.50	$2.00
Context window	1M	8K
Parameters	—	20B
Open weights	Yes	No
Released	Jun 2026	Sep 2023

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