GPT-3.5 Turbo Pricing & Token Cost Calculator (16K context)

What GPT-3.5 Turbo costs in practice

Workload	Cost / call	Cost @ 1K req/day
Light · 1K in / 300 out	$0.0009	$28.92/mo
Standard · 10K in / 2K out	$0.0080	$243.50/mo
Heavy · 100K in / 20K out	$0.0800	$2435.00/mo

Estimates assume medium reasoning effort, no batch discounts and no prompt caching. Turn on prompt caching and the input side typically drops 50–90% — run your own mix in the free calculator preloaded with GPT-3.5 Turbo.

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Prices were last verified on August 20, 2026 against OpenAI's official pricing page. Providers reprice frequently — see our methodology for exactly how estimates are computed, and always confirm final rates with the provider before budgeting.

GPT-3.5 Turbo FAQ

How much does GPT-3.5 Turbo cost?

GPT-3.5 Turbo charges $0.50 per million input tokens and $1.50 per million output tokens. Batch mode cuts both rates by 50% for asynchronous workloads.

What is the context window of GPT-3.5 Turbo?

GPT-3.5 Turbo supports a context window of 16,385 tokens (16K) — roughly 12,289 English words or about 25 pages of text in a single request.

Does GPT-3.5 Turbo support images, audio or reasoning?

GPT-3.5 Turbo offers text-only processing. Deprecated model. Still available for legacy workloads.

How do I estimate my GPT-3.5 Turbo bill?

A typical workload of 10K input and 2K output tokens costs about $0.0080 per call with GPT-3.5 Turbo. At 1,000 requests per day that is roughly $243.50 per month. Use the free AITokenCalculator to run your exact numbers.