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OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo · openrouter
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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. Training data up to Sep 2021.

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Limits

  • Free: 50 requests a day
  • Free: 1 000 requests a day (if credits>=10)
  • Free: 20 requests a minute

Last checked 04.11.2026 12:08:11 UTC Source

Context 16 385

Max output 4 096

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Last checked 04.11.2026 12:26:37 UTC

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API

OpenAI-compatible API: the official OpenAI SDKs work with this base URL. Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your key from the provider.

API base URL
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
Endpoint
https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions
Model id
openai/gpt-3.5-turbo
curl
curl https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo", "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}], "max_tokens": 256}'
Python
import requests

r = requests.post(
    "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"},
    json={
      "model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
      "messages": [
        {
          "role": "user",
          "content": "Hello!"
        }
      ],
      "max_tokens": 256
    },
)
print(r.json())
JavaScript
const r = await fetch("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1/chat/completions", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {Authorization: "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
    "messages": [
      {
        "role": "user",
        "content": "Hello!"
      }
    ],
    "max_tokens": 256
  }),
});
console.log(await r.json());
Request (JSON)
{
  "model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
  "messages": [
    {
      "role": "user",
      "content": "Hello!"
    }
  ],
  "max_tokens": 256
}
Response (JSON)
{
  "id": "chatcmpl-...",
  "object": "chat.completion",
  "model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
  "choices": [
    {
      "index": 0,
      "message": {
        "role": "assistant",
        "content": "Hi! How can I help?"
      },
      "finish_reason": "stop"
    }
  ],
  "usage": {
    "prompt_tokens": 9,
    "completion_tokens": 12,
    "total_tokens": 21
  }
}

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Source: AI Rate Card, https://airatecard.com/en/c/offer%3Aopenrouter%7Copenai/gpt-3.5-turbo, prices checked 2026-11-04; seller's page: https://openrouter.ai/openai/gpt-3.5-turbo

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