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Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct

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AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8

Anthropic's most capable Opus yet, built for long-horizon autonomous agents and frontier coding.

891M ctx$5.00/$25.00 per M#4/92
OpenAIGPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct

Instruction-following variant of GPT-3.5 for completion-style tasks.

4K ctx$1.50/$2.00 per M
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AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
Reasoning
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·Provider·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Capability
CapabilityECI89.2
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science91.0%Factual Recall39.5%
Math
Competition Math98.3%Research Math47.2%
Coding
Real-World Coding88.6%
Agentic
Novel Reasoning72.1%Task Horizon—
OpenAIGPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
ReasoningInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Cheaper
Capability
Capability—
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science—Factual Recall—
Math
Competition Math—Research Math—
Coding
Real-World Coding—
Agentic
Novel Reasoning—Task Horizon1min
Specs
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
1M
Context
128K
Max output
May 2026
Released
OpenAIGPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct
4K
Context
4K
Max output
Sep 2023
Released
Capabilities
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
OpenAIGPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
AnthropicClaude Opus 4.8
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$5.00/M tokens
Output$25.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.50/M tokens
Cache write$6.25/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
OpenAIGPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$1.50/M tokens
Output$2.00/M tokens
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Frequently Asked Questions: Claude Opus 4.8 vs GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct▼

Which is better, Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct?

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Both Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct are capable AI models. The best choice depends on your specific use case: consider pricing, context window, speed, and which capabilities (vision, reasoning, audio) you need.

Which is cheaper, Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct?

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GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct has a lower blended cost. Claude Opus 4.8: $5.00 input / $25.00 output. GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct: $1.50 input / $2.00 output.

Which has a larger context window, Claude Opus 4.8 or GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct?

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Claude Opus 4.8 has a larger context window: Claude Opus 4.8 supports 1M tokens vs GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct at 4K tokens.

Do both Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct support vision?

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Claude Opus 4.8 supports vision/image input, but GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct does not.

What are the key differences between Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct?

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Key differences: GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct is significantly cheaper; only Claude Opus 4.8 supports vision input; only Claude Opus 4.8 offers extended reasoning mode. Compare full specs on this page.

Which model should I choose for my use case?

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If cost is your priority, choose the cheaper option. If you need the highest intelligence for complex tasks, pick the higher-scoring model. For long documents or codebases, choose the larger context window. You can try both Claude Opus 4.8 and GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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