Compare/GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Mistral Large 3

GPT-3.5 TurbovsMistral Large 3

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Input
$0.5/M
Output
$1.5/M
Speed
100 tok/s
TTFT
0.43s
Mistral

Mistral Large 3

Input
$0.5/M
Output
$1.5/M
Speed
57 tok/s
TTFT
0.53s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
Tie
Faster (tok/s)
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Lower Latency
GPT-3.5 Turbo
Benchmarks (1-11)
Mistral Large 3

Pricing Comparison

MetricGPT-3.5 TurboMistral Large 3
Input ($/M tokens)$0.5$0.5
Output ($/M tokens)$1.5$1.5
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
GPT-3.5 Turbo$0.65
Mistral Large 3$0.65

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
GPT-3.5 Turbo
100 tok/s
Mistral Large 3
57 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
GPT-3.5 Turbo
0.43s
Mistral Large 3
0.53s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
9.022.8
Coding Index
10.722.7
Math Index
38.0
GPQA Diamond
29.7%68.0%
MMLU-Pro
46.2%80.7%
LiveCodeBench
46.5%
AIME 2025
38.0%
MATH-500
44.1%
Humanity's Last Exam
4.1%
SciCode
36.2%
IFBench
36.2%
TerminalBench
15.9%
GPT-3.5 Turbo1 wins
11 winsMistral Large 3

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, GPT-3.5 Turbo or Mistral Large 3?

Both models have similar pricing. Check the detailed breakdown above for input vs output token costs.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

Mistral Large 3 wins 11 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 1 for GPT-3.5 Turbo. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

GPT-3.5 Turbo generates tokens faster at 100 tok/s vs 57 tok/s. GPT-3.5 Turbo also has lower time-to-first-token (0.43s vs 0.53s).

When should I use GPT-3.5 Turbo vs Mistral Large 3?

Choose based on your priorities: both are similarly priced, Mistral Large 3 for stronger benchmark performance, and GPT-3.5 Turbo for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.