Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Magistral Medium leads with 40.0% higher average benchmark score. Magistral Medium supports multimodal inputs. GPT-3.5 Turbo is available on 2 providers. Overall, Magistral Medium is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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.
Mistral AI
Magistral Medium was introduced as a specialized model for advanced reasoning and analytical tasks, designed to handle complex problem-solving scenarios. Built to serve enterprise and professional applications requiring sophisticated reasoning, it represents Mistral's focus on high-quality analytical capabilities.
2 years newer

GPT-3.5 Turbo
OpenAI
2023-03-21

Magistral Medium
Mistral AI
2025-06-10
Context window and performance specifications
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Magistral Medium
GPT-3.5 Turbo
2021-09-30
Magistral Medium
2025-06-01
Available providers and their performance metrics

GPT-3.5 Turbo
Azure
OpenAI


GPT-3.5 Turbo

Magistral Medium

GPT-3.5 Turbo

Magistral Medium
Magistral Medium