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GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct Fp8

Pricing is only the shared seller matrix below. Best rates and catalog map are separate sections, so no chart is embedded in pricing. Open the calculator for the same workload on each side.

OpenAI

Model

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Tool calling

Best $0.500 in · $1.50 out

Context window 16K

Pricing
Alibaba

Model

Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct Fp8

Tool calling

Best $2.00 in · $2.00 out

Context window 256K

Pricing

GPT-3.5 Turbo is cheaper across the board — 75% cheaper on input and 25% cheaper on output.

Pricing matrix

Shared sellers only. Each row is a host that lists both models. Dollar amounts are per 1M tokens. Lowest in each pair of columns is emphasized.

ProviderGPT-3.5 Turbo inGPT-3.5 Turbo outQwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct Fp8 inQwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct Fp8 out
Azure$0.500$1.50N/AN/A
Github CopilotN/AN/AN/AN/A
OpenAI$0.500$1.50N/AN/A
Openrouter$1.50$2.00N/AN/A
Text Completion Openai$1.50$2.00N/AN/A
Together AIN/AN/A$2.00$2.00
Vercel Ai Gateway$0.500$1.50N/AN/A

Best listed rates (this pair)

Same "best row in current pricing" logic as model pages: a compact view of the lowest input and output we show for each side. This is not the seller matrix.

Catalog map · OpenAI · Alibaba

Each chart uses real catalog rows that include both list input and list output ($/1M). Larger green dots are the models on this comparison page; accent dots are other active models from that provider.

OpenAI · input vs output

Scatter chart: X = input $/M, Y = output $/M. This page's models are labeled on the green dots; hover others for detail.

ListedoutputUSD/1M

One dot per catalog row that has both list prices. Green dots are labeled with the models on this page; hover any dot for name and prices. Upper-right means higher cost on both axes ($/1M).

Alibaba · input vs output

ListedoutputUSD/1M

One dot per catalog row that has both list prices. Green dots are labeled with the models on this page; hover any dot for name and prices. Upper-right means higher cost on both axes ($/1M).

Specifications

Each column header is the full model name. Tint marks the favorable value where we compute a winner.

Spec
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct Fp8
Context window
16,385 tokens
256,000 tokens
Max output tokens
4,096 tokens
N/A
Vision
No
No
Function calling
Yes
Yes
Streaming
No
No
Release date
May 2023
N/A

Cost calculator

Same requests, input tokens, and output tokens for both columns. Pick the provider row that matches how you buy.

GPT-3.5 Turbo
Monthly
$375
Annual
$4.6K
Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct Fp8
Monthly
$900
Annual
$10.9K
Save $525/month with GPT-3.5 Turbo

When to pick which

Short takeaways: no cards, just the points. Validate with your own workloads.

  • Long-context tasks

    Use Qwen3 Coder 480b A35b Instruct Fp8. Its 256K context window handles large codebases and documents better than 16K.

  • High-volume text generation

    Use GPT-3.5 Turbo. Output tokens are 25% cheaper, which compounds significantly at scale.

Frequently asked questions

GPT-3.5 Turbo is cheaper on both input and output tokens.

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