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GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct vs Claude Sonnet 5

At a glance

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

4K ctx$1.50/$2.00 per M

Anthropic's fifth-generation Sonnet — near-Opus intelligence at Sonnet speed and price.

801M ctx$2.00/$10.00 per M#26/92
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CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
ReasoningInsufficient data
MathInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Cheaper59%
Capability
Capability—
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science—Factual Recall—
Math
Competition Math—
Agentic
Task Horizon1min
Reasoning
CI 72.7-84.7Provisional
CodingInsufficient data
AgenticInsufficient data
Sources:Epoch ECI·Epoch AI·OpenRouter· as of 2026-07-10
Capability
CapabilityECI80.1
Reasoning & Knowledge
Graduate Science90.5%Factual Recall25.0%
Math
Competition Math94.7%
Agentic
Task Horizon—
Specs
4K
Context
4K
Max output
Sep 2023
Released
1M
Context
128K
Max output
Jun 2026
Released
Capabilities
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Vision
Audio
Reasoning
Pricing
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input25%$1.50/M tokens
Output80%$2.00/M tokens
Live pricing, shown before you run
Input$2.00/M tokens
Output$10.00/M tokens
Cache read$0.20/M tokens
Cache write$2.50/M tokens
Web search$0.01/search
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Frequently Asked Questions: GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct vs Claude Sonnet 5▼

Which is better, GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct or Claude Sonnet 5?

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Both GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct and Claude Sonnet 5 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, GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct or Claude Sonnet 5?

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GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct has a lower blended cost. GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct: $1.50 input / $2.00 output. Claude Sonnet 5: $2.00 input / $10.00 output.

Which has a larger context window, GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct or Claude Sonnet 5?

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Claude Sonnet 5 has a larger context window: GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct supports 4K tokens vs Claude Sonnet 5 at 1M tokens.

Do both GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct and Claude Sonnet 5 support vision?

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Claude Sonnet 5 supports vision/image input, but GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct does not.

What are the key differences between GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct and Claude Sonnet 5?

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Key differences: only Claude Sonnet 5 supports vision input; only Claude Sonnet 5 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 GPT 3.5 Turbo Instruct and Claude Sonnet 5 for free on idapt.app to see which performs better for your specific needs.

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