Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct offers 235.5K more tokens in context window than GPT-3.5 Turbo. Llama 3.2 3B Instruct is $1.97 cheaper per million tokens. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-3.5 Turbo was developed as an optimized version of GPT-3.5, designed to provide a balance of capability and efficiency for conversational and completion tasks. Built to serve as a cost-effective option for applications requiring reliable language understanding and generation, it became widely adopted for chatbots, content generation, and general-purpose AI assistance.
Meta
Llama 3.2 3B was created as an ultra-compact open-source model, designed to enable on-device and edge deployment scenarios. Built with just 3 billion parameters while retaining instruction-following abilities, it brings Meta's language technology to mobile devices, IoT applications, and resource-constrained environments.
1 year newer

GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI
2023-03-21

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Meta
2024-09-25
Cost per million tokens (USD)

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 4 common benchmarks

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
GPT-3.5 Turbo
2021-09-30
Available providers and their performance metrics

GPT-3.5 Turbo
Azure
OpenAI


GPT-3.5 Turbo

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
Llama 3.2 3B Instruct
DeepInfra