GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k vs Mistral Nemo
Mistral Nemo costs 26.7x less per output token than GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k ($0.15 vs $4.00 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $4.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $0.15
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k or Mistral Nemo: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k has none yet; Mistral Nemo on Epoch Capabilities Index, MMLU and DTBench. Compare them on price and context instead.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
No call
Neither has a coding score yet.
One side not measured
Long documents
Listed context window
Mistral Nemo
Mistral Nemo takes 131K tokens against 16K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Nemo
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k $0.0050, Mistral Nemo $0.0002 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k not benchmarked, Mistral Nemo not benchmarked.
- Widest category
- None yet: no category has been tested on both models.
- Widest single gap
- None yet: no benchmark has tested both models.
- Output price
- GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k $4.00 against Mistral Nemo $0.15 per million output tokens, 26.7x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k takes 16K tokens, Mistral Nemo 131K.
Benchmark by benchmark
Every board either model has a result on, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale. Only one model is measured on each, so no row names a leader.
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Mistral Nemo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | Not measured | 118.7 | Only Mistral Nemo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Mistral Nemo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU | Not measured | 65.3% | Only Mistral Nemo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 17 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Mistral Nemo | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTBench | Not measured | 48.6% | Only Mistral Nemo measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 45 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
Mistral Nemo costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Mistral Nemo costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Mistral Nemo costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | OpenAI GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k | Mistral Nemo |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Mistral AI |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | August 28, 2023 | July 19, 2024 |
| Context window | 16K | 131K |
| Input $/Mtok | $3.00 | $0.15 |
| Output $/Mtok | $4.00 | $0.15 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 0 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k better than Mistral Nemo for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Compare them on price, context and the boards below.
Which is cheaper, GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k or Mistral Nemo?
GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k costs $3.00 per million input tokens and $4.00 per million output tokens; Mistral Nemo costs $0.15 and $0.15. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k or Mistral Nemo?
Mistral Nemo, with 131K tokens against 16K.
Has any benchmark tested both GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k and Mistral Nemo?
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-3.5 Turbo 16k has none yet; Mistral Nemo on Epoch Capabilities Index, MMLU and DTBench. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 22, 2026.