Model Comparison

Comprehensive side-by-side analysis of model capabilities and performance

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo is a language model developed by OpenAI. The model shows competitive results across 8 benchmarks. Notable strengths include DROP (70.2%), MMLU (69.8%), HumanEval (68.0%). The model is available through 2 API providers.

xAI

Grok-3

xAI

Grok-3 is a multimodal language model developed by xAI. This model demonstrates exceptional performance with an average score of 85.7% across 5 benchmarks. It excels particularly in AIME 2024 (93.3%), AIME 2025 (93.3%), GPQA (84.6%). The model shows particular specialization in general tasks with an average performance of 90.4%. It supports a 136K token context window for handling large documents. The model is available through 1 API provider. As a multimodal model, it can process and understand text, images, and other input formats seamlessly. Released in 2025, it represents xAI's latest advancement in AI technology.

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

OpenAI

2023-03-21

xAI

Grok-3

xAI

2025-02-17

1 year newer

Pricing Comparison

Cost per million tokens (USD)

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

$16.00 cheaper
Input:$0.50
Output:$1.50
xAI

Grok-3

Input:$3.00
Output:$15.00

Performance Metrics

Context window and performance specifications

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Max Context:20.5K
xAI

Grok-3

Larger context
Max Context:136.0K

Average performance across 2 common benchmarks

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Average Score:15.4%
xAI

Grok-3

+65.9%
Average Score:81.3%

Performance comparison across key benchmark categories

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

general
56.9%
code
68.0%
xAI

Grok-3

general
+33.5%
90.4%
code
+11.4%
79.4%
Benchmark Scores - Detailed View
Side-by-side comparison of all benchmark scores
Knowledge Cutoff
Training data recency comparison

GPT-3.5 Turbo

2021-09-30

Grok-3

2024-11-17

More recent knowledge cutoff means awareness of newer technologies and frameworks

Provider Availability & Performance

Available providers and their performance metrics

OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

2 providers

Azure

Throughput: 90 tok/s
Latency: 0.8ms

OpenAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.5ms
xAI

Grok-3

1 providers

xAI

Throughput: 100 tok/s
Latency: 0.7ms
OpenAI

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Avg Score:15.4%
Providers:2
xAI

Grok-3

+65.9%
Avg Score:81.3%
Providers:1