GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct vs Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B cost about the same per output token ($2.00 vs $2.08 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; no benchmark has tested both models yet.
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $2.00
- Coding
- No data
- Overall
- No data
- Output $/M
- $2.08
GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B: which to pick
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.
Pick GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($2.00 vs $2.08 per million).
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct has results on METR time horizons; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B on LMArena WebDev, AA Coding Index and SciCode. 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
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B has a AA Intelligence Index result, 17.7.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B takes 262K tokens against 4K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct $0.0025, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B $0.0013 per turn.
List prices
At a glance
- Coding index
- GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct not benchmarked, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 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 Instruct $2.00 against Qwen3.5-122B-A10B $2.08 per million output tokens, 1.0x apart.
- Context window
- GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct takes 4K tokens, Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 262K.
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.
CodingDirectional onlySix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | Not measured | 1361 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| AA Coding Index | Not measured | 43.3 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 39.7% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 31.1% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | Not measured | 1436 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | Not measured | 1436 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | Not measured | 1352 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | Not measured | 1352 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1 board measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 17.7 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here | |||
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| τ²-Bench Telecom | Not measured | 93.6% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| METR time horizons | 21.5% | Not measured | Only GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 40 boards here | |||
ReasoningDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 85.7% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | Not measured | 25.2% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Mystery game puzzles | Not measured | 17.0% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | Not measured | 1421 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | Not measured | 1431 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | Not measured | 1431 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision: diagrams | Not measured | 1249 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision: homework | Not measured | 1261 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here | |||
MathDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: math | Not measured | 1431 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | Not measured | 1431 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index4 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text: science | Not measured | 1433 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | Not measured | 1423 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | Not measured | 1422 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | Not measured | 1414 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 16 boards here | |||
GeneralDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index27 boards measured
| Benchmark | GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| IFBench | Not measured | 75.7% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | Not measured | 76.3% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| DTBench | Not measured | 84.3% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMCA | Not measured | 32.2% | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text | Not measured | 1418 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | Not measured | 1400 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | Not measured | 1368 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision | Not measured | 1244 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: English | Not measured | 1428 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | Not measured | 1401 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | Not measured | 1463 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: German | Not measured | 1425 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | Not measured | 1367 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | Not measured | 1353 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: French | Not measured | 1443 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | Not measured | 1425 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | Not measured | 1400 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | Not measured | 1399 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | Not measured | 1417 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | Not measured | 1411 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | Not measured | 1387 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | Not measured | 1366 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision: English | Not measured | 1249 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision: Chinese | Not measured | 1301 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision: reading text | Not measured | 1251 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision: humor | Not measured | 1243 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| LMArena Vision: creative writing | Not measured | 1220 | Only Qwen3.5-122B-A10B measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 21 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
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 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 Instruct | Qwen3.5-122B-A10B |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | OpenAI | Qwen |
| Weights | No public weights listed | Open weights |
| Released | September 28, 2023 | February 25, 2026 |
| Context window | 4K | 262K |
| Input $/Mtok | $1.50 | $0.26 |
| Output $/Mtok | $2.00 | $2.08 |
| Coding index | Not benchmarked | Not benchmarked |
| Independent measurements behind it | 0 | 1 |
| Cost per solved task | Not computable | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct better than Qwen3.5-122B-A10B for coding?
Neither model has a coding score yet, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct for output tokens 1.0x cheaper ($2.00 vs $2.08 per million).
Which is cheaper, GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?
GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct costs $1.50 per million input tokens and $2.00 per million output tokens; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B costs $0.26 and $2.08. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.
Which has the bigger context window, GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct or Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B, with 262K tokens against 4K.
Has any benchmark tested both GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct and Qwen3.5-122B-A10B?
No benchmark has tested both yet. GPT-3.5 Turbo Instruct has results on METR time horizons; Qwen3.5-122B-A10B on LMArena WebDev, AA Coding Index and SciCode. Compare them on price and context instead. Data as of October 23, 2026.