OpenAI · deprecated

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct

GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct is attributed to OpenAI in the catalog. It accepts text input and produces text output.

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Modalities

Token rates

Unavailable

No recent paired token rate available

Context

Released

2023-09-21

Knowledge cutoff

Aug 2021

Where to use it

5 observed offerings · token prices in USD per million where available

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Azure

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

deprecated

Input

$1.50

Output

Cache

—

Context

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: No
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Not a current offering

Azure Cognitive Services

gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

deprecated

Input

$1.50

Output

Cache

—

Context

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: No
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: Yes

Not a current offering

Kilo Gateway

openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

current

Input

$1.50

Output

Cache

—

Context

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: No
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Historical price

OpenRouter

openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

current

Input

$1.50

Output

Cache

—

Context

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: No
Structured output: Yes
Temperature: Yes

Historical price

Poe

openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct

deprecated

Input

$1.40

Output

$1.80

Cache

—

Context

Max output

Reasoning: No
Tool calling: Yes
Structured output: Unknown
Temperature: No

Not a current offering

Limits and capabilities reflect each provider’s listed offering. Unknown means support was not reported.

Provider / API ID	Status	Context	Max output	Input	Output	Cache read	Reasoning	Tools	Structured	Temperature
Azure gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct	deprecatedNot a current offering	4K	4K	$1.50	$2	—	No	No	Unknown	Yes
Azure Cognitive Services gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct	deprecatedNot a current offering	4K	4K	$1.50	$2	—	No	No	Unknown	Yes
Kilo Gateway openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct	currentHistorical price	4K	4K	$1.50	$2	—	No	No	Yes	Yes
OpenRouter openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct	currentHistorical price	4K	4K	$1.50	$2	—	No	No	Yes	Yes
Poe openai/gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct	deprecatedNot a current offering	4K	1K	$1.40	$1.80	—	No	Yes	Unknown	No

Capabilities and limits

Input: text
Output: text
Max output: 4K
Weights: Closed (source-reported)
Release: 2023-09-21
Knowledge cutoff: Aug 2021
Family: gpt

No confirmed capabilities

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Model and price history

Latest recorded change: source refresh · 2026-10-22

Model changes (2)

source refresh · 2026-10-22

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  "before": {
    "status": "current"
  },
  "after": {
    "status": "deprecated"
  }
}

source refresh · 2026-10-12

{
  "before": {
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": null
  },
  "after": {
    "knowledge_cutoff_reported": "2021-08"
  }
}

Price history (176 observations)

Date	Provider	Input / output
2026-11-02	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-11-02	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-11-02	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-11-01	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-11-01	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-11-01	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-31	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-31	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-31	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-30	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-30	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-30	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-29	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-29	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-29	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-28	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-28	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-28	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-27	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-27	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-27	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-27	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-26	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-26	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-26	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-25	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-25	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-25	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-24	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-24	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-24	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-24	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-23	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-23	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-22	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-22	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-22	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-22	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-22	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-21	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-21	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-21	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-21	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-21	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-20	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-20	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-20	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-20	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-20	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-19	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-19	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-19	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-19	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-19	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-18	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-18	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-18	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-18	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-18	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-17	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-17	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-17	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-17	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-17	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-12	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-12	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-12	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-11	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-11	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-11	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-11	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-11	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-10	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-10	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-10	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-10	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-10	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-09	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-09	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-09	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-08	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-08	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-08	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-08	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-08	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-10-07	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-07	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-07	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-07	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-10-07	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-09-22	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-22	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-22	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-22	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-22	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-09-21	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-21	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-21	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-21	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-21	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-09-20	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-20	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-20	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-20	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-20	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-09-19	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-19	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-19	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-19	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-19	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-09-18	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-18	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-18	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-18	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-18	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80
2026-09-17	Kilo Gateway	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-17	OpenRouter	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-17	Azure Cognitive Services	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-17	Azure	$1.50 / $2
2026-09-17	Poe	$1.40 / $1.80