GPT-3.5-turbo vs Mistral Large 3.
model vs model · prices as of
GPT-3.5-turbo and Mistral Large 3 split the 5 rounds this table counts: the two list price rows, the cheapest price we can explain, the standard price and context. The weighting you pick decides the rest.
OpenAIGPT-3.5-turbo
$2.73/M tokens
cheapest we can explain, at Poe · $0.355 per 1,000 pages
16k context
Mistral AIMistral Large 3
$3/M tokens
Mistral AI list price, nothing below it is accounted for · $0.39 per 1,000 pages
262k context · tool calling · reads images · open weights
List price in (lower wins)
$0.50/M
$0.50/M
List price out (lower wins)
$1.50/M
$1.50/M
Cheapest we can explain (lower wins)
$2.73/M at Poe
none below list
Standard price (lower wins)
$3/M
$3/M
Cost per 1,000 pages (lower wins)
$0.355
$0.39
Context
16k tokens
262k tokens
Open weights
no
yes
Tool calling
no
yes
Structured output
no
not stated
Reads images
no
yes
Reasoning
no
no
Released
1 Mar 2023
1 Nov 2024
Providers selling it
18
17
Price we measure against
the maker's own
the maker's own
Trains on your prompts (no is better)
not stated
no provider to check
Providers selling both · 9
LLMTR$3 / $3
Merge Gateway$3 / $3
TrustedRouter$3.17 / $3.17
Kilo Gateway$5 / $3
Nous Portal$5 / $3
OpenRouter$5 / $3
NanoGPT$3 / $12.02
Eden AI$3 / $24
GPT-3.5-turbo then Mistral Large 3, per million tokens · showing the 8 cheapest of 9
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What moved in the last seven days
- GPT-3.5-turboNous Portal$0.80 / $1.60 $1 / $225% dearer ·
- Mistral Large 3
Cortecs$0.58 / $1.73 $0.63 / $1.9010% dearer · - Mistral Large 3Nous Portal$0.40 / $1.20 $0.50 / $1.5025% dearer ·
Frequently asked
- Which is cheaper, GPT-3.5-turbo or Mistral Large 3?
- GPT-3.5-turbo, at $2.73 per million tokens against $3 for Mistral Large 3, three parts input to one part output, read on 16 Sept 2026.
- Where is each one cheapest?
- GPT-3.5-turbo: $2.73 at Poe. Mistral Large 3: nobody goes below the maker's own price with a reason we can point at, so $3 is the number to beat.
- Can I buy both from one provider?
- Yes. 9 providers sell both: LLMTR, Merge Gateway, TrustedRouter, Kilo Gateway, Nous Portal, OpenRouter, and more. The cheapest of them for the two together is LLMTR.
- Which holds more context?
- Mistral Large 3, at 262k tokens against 16k.
Prices exclude tax and are per million tokens, read 16 Sept 2026 from each provider's own catalog. The standard price blends three parts input to one part output; a page is 600 tokens in and 60 out. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.