How much does GPT-3.5 Turbo cost?

Billing is usage-based: $0.5 per million input tokens and $1.5 per million output tokens. There is no fixed monthly fee. You pay only for what you use, and current rates are shown in the Hormouz dashboard.

How do I access GPT-3.5 Turbo from inside Iran?

Create an account on Hormouz and generate an API key. Hormouz provides a stable path to GPT-3.5 Turbo from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

Is GPT-3.5 Turbo compatible with OpenAI code?

Yes. Hormouz exposes an OpenAI-compatible API. Just change the base URL to Hormouz and swap in your Hormouz key. Your existing SDKs and chat-completions code run without a rewrite.

What context window and capabilities does GPT-3.5 Turbo have?

GPT-3.5 Turbo supports a context window of up to 16K tokens. It also supports tool calling. That makes it a good fit for long documents, codebases and multi-turn conversations.

What is GPT-3.5 Turbo good for?

GPT-3.5 Turbo works well for chat assistants, content generation, summarization, drafting and general text tasks.

What is GPT-3.5 Turbo's knowledge cutoff?

GPT-3.5 Turbo's training data runs through Sep 2021. For information newer than that, provide the relevant context in your prompt or connect a tool that fetches live data.

OpenAI: GPT-3.5 Turbo: AI model

GPT-3.5 Turbo is an OpenAI model. A fast, low-cost model for chat and general text generation, with up to 16K-token context. Reachable from inside Iran through Hormouz.

Context window:: 16,385 tokens
Input:: $0.5/1M tokens
Output:: $1.5/1M tokens
Type:: text

Tools
Streaming

GPT-3.5 Turbo is a fast, low-cost model for chat and general text generation. It is the widely-used baseline of the GPT-3.5 family. Quick and inexpensive for everyday chat and completion tasks. It supports a context window of up to 16K tokens, with training data through Sep 2021.

GPT-3.5 Turbo is served through Hormouz behind an OpenAI-compatible API. It supports tool calling. Point your base URL at Hormouz and drop in a Hormouz key, and existing OpenAI SDK code runs unchanged.

Pricing is usage-based: $0.5 per million input tokens and $1.5 per million output tokens. Hormouz provides stable access to the model from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.

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.

Quickstart

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Specs

Vendor	OpenAI
Type	Text
Context window	16,385 tokens
Pricing	$0.50/M in · $1.50/M out
API	Chat Completions
Capabilities	Streaming · Tools

Benchmarks

10.7

Coding Index

Better than 6% of models we compared

Reasoning

GPQA Diamond

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

29.7%

Source: Artificial Analysis

Code example

cURL

curl https://api.hormouz.net/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ng-YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}]
  }'

Python

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI(api_key="ng-YOUR_API_KEY", base_url="https://api.hormouz.net/v1")
response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello!"}],
)
print(response.choices[0].message.content)

JavaScript

import OpenAI from "openai";
const client = new OpenAI({ apiKey: "ng-YOUR_API_KEY", baseURL: "https://api.hormouz.net/v1" });
const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "openai/gpt-3.5-turbo",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello!" }],
});
console.log(response.choices[0].message.content);

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FAQ

How much does GPT-3.5 Turbo cost?: Billing is usage-based: $0.5 per million input tokens and $1.5 per million output tokens. There is no fixed monthly fee. You pay only for what you use, and current rates are shown in the Hormouz dashboard.
How do I access GPT-3.5 Turbo from inside Iran?: Create an account on Hormouz and generate an API key. Hormouz provides a stable path to GPT-3.5 Turbo from inside Iran, with no foreign credit card or circumvention tooling required.
Is GPT-3.5 Turbo compatible with OpenAI code?: Yes. Hormouz exposes an OpenAI-compatible API. Just change the base URL to Hormouz and swap in your Hormouz key. Your existing SDKs and chat-completions code run without a rewrite.
What context window and capabilities does GPT-3.5 Turbo have?: GPT-3.5 Turbo supports a context window of up to 16K tokens. It also supports tool calling. That makes it a good fit for long documents, codebases and multi-turn conversations.
What is GPT-3.5 Turbo good for?: GPT-3.5 Turbo works well for chat assistants, content generation, summarization, drafting and general text tasks.
What is GPT-3.5 Turbo's knowledge cutoff?: GPT-3.5 Turbo's training data runs through Sep 2021. For information newer than that, provide the relevant context in your prompt or connect a tool that fetches live data.

Updated 2026-10-13