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GPT-3.5 Turbo token cost

OpenAI · context 16,384 tokens · tokenizer Exact

When to use GPT-3.5 Turbo

Legacy OpenAI chat model kept for migration cost checks against Mini and Nano tiers. Prefer GPT-4.1 Mini or GPT-5 Mini for new production apps.

Pricing

Input
$0.500/1M
Output
$1.50/1M
Batch input
$0.250/1M
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Legacy; verify availability on OpenAI docs.

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