AI model comparison

Devstral 2 2512 vs GPT-3.5 Turbo

Pricing, context window, benchmarks, and features compared side by side. Or skip the guesswork and send one prompt to both.

Devstral 2 is a state-of-the-art open-source model by Mistral AI specializing in agentic coding. It is a 123B-parameter dense transformer model supporting a 256K context window.

Input / 1M
$0.40
Output / 1M
$2
Context
262K

GPT-3.5 Turbo is OpenAI's fastest model. It can understand and generate natural language or code, and is optimized for chat and traditional completion tasks.

Input / 1M
$0.50
Output / 1M
$1.50
Context
16K

At a glance

Quick verdict

How the two models stack up on the things people ask about most.

Lower price

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GPT-3.5 Turbo

1.0x cheaper for a typical chat

Higher intelligence score

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Devstral 2 2512

8.6 vs 5.5 on Artificial Analysis

Larger context window

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Devstral 2 2512

262K vs 16K tokens

Newer release

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Devstral 2 2512

Released December 9, 2025

Benchmarks

Benchmark scores

Independent scores from Artificial Analysis. Higher is better.

Intelligence index

mistralai logoDevstral 2 25128.6
openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo5.5

Coding index

mistralai logoDevstral 2 251231.3
openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo10.7

Agentic index

mistralai logoDevstral 2 25122.3
openai logoGPT-3.5 TurboNot available

Pricing

Devstral 2 2512 vs GPT-3.5 Turbo API pricing

Per-token API rates. Cheaper option highlighted.

Metricmistralai logoDevstral 2 2512openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo
Input tokensPer 1M tokens$0.40$0.50
Output tokensPer 1M tokens$2$1.50
Cached input (read)Per 1M tokens$0.04Not available
Cache writePer 1M tokensNot availableNot available

What it costs in practice

Estimated cost per 1,000 requests at standard rates. Coding and long-document figures also show the cost when the input is already cached.

Chat message

2K in, 500 out

mistralai logoDevstral 2 2512$1.80
openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo$1.75

Coding task

30K in, 4K out

mistralai logoDevstral 2 2512$20$9.20 cached
openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo$21

Long document summary

150K in, 2K out

mistralai logoDevstral 2 2512$64$10 cached
openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo$78

Specs

Context window and capabilities

How much each model can read, how much it can write, and what it accepts as input.

Metricmistralai logoDevstral 2 2512openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo
Context window262K tokens16K tokens
Max output210K tokens4K tokens
Input typesFile, TextText
Output typesTextText
Reasoning effort levelsNot availableNot available
Default reasoning effortNot availableNot available
Release dateDecember 9, 2025May 28, 2023

Features

Supported features

API features available for each model.

Metricmistralai logoDevstral 2 2512openai logoGPT-3.5 Turbo
Tool callingSupportedSupported
Structured outputsSupportedSupported
JSON modeSupportedSupported
ReasoningNot supportedNot supported
TemperatureSupportedSupported
Stop sequencesSupportedSupported
Deterministic seedSupportedSupported
Verbosity controlNot supportedNot supported

Our take

GPT-3.5 Turbo is 1.0x cheaper for a typical chat. Devstral 2 2512 scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (8.6 vs 5.5). Devstral 2 2512 has the larger context window (262K vs 16K tokens). The right pick depends on your workload, so the quickest way to settle it is to send the same prompt to both and compare.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is Devstral 2 2512 or GPT-3.5 Turbo cheaper?

GPT-3.5 Turbo is cheaper for a typical chat (2K input tokens and 500 output tokens). GPT-3.5 Turbo costs $0.50 per 1M input tokens and $1.50 per 1M output tokens, while Devstral 2 2512 costs $0.40 per 1M input tokens and $2 per 1M output tokens.

Which has a bigger context window, Devstral 2 2512 or GPT-3.5 Turbo?

Devstral 2 2512 supports up to 262K tokens of context, compared with 16K for GPT-3.5 Turbo.

Is Devstral 2 2512 smarter than GPT-3.5 Turbo?

On the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, Devstral 2 2512 scores 8.6 and GPT-3.5 Turbo scores 5.5, putting Devstral 2 2512 ahead. Benchmarks don't capture everything, so the best test is running your own prompts through both.

Can I use Devstral 2 2512 and GPT-3.5 Turbo at the same time?

Yes. Shortcut Chat sends one prompt to multiple models at once, so you can see Devstral 2 2512 and GPT-3.5 Turbo answer side by side and keep the better response.

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Why choose? Ask both.

Send one prompt to Devstral 2 2512 and GPT-3.5 Turbo at the same time. Compare the answers side by side and keep the best one.