AI Models · Open-Source vs Paid

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL Open vs GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) Paid

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) compared — price per token, context window, multimodality, openness and which to choose. Can the open-source model replace the paid one? Full 2026 breakdown.

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Prices & specs refreshed from live data · olud.ai

Open-model prices = cheapest provider via OpenRouter; official maker rates may be higher.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VLOpenNVIDIA

$0.15 /M input
$0.5 /M outputNo per-token fees if you self-host

TypeOpen-weight

Context window1M tokens

MultimodalYes

Self-hostYes

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)PaidOpenAI

$1 /M input
$2 /M outputManaged API (no infra to run)

TypeProprietary

Context window4K tokens

MultimodalNo

Self-hostNo

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Super VL if you want to self-host, keep your data private and skip per-token fees — it's open-weight and runs on your own hardware. Choose GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) if you want frontier capability through a managed API with zero infrastructure to run.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) specs

Spec	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)	Winner
Maker	NVIDIA	OpenAI	–
Type	Open-weight	Proprietary	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Context window	1M tokens	4K tokens	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Input price	$0.15/M · free self-host	$1/M	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Output price	$0.5/M · free self-host	$2/M	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Vision / multimodal	Yes	No	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
Tool / function calling	Yes	Yes	= Tie
Self-hostable	Yes	No (API only)	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
License	NVIDIA Open Model	Proprietary	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

Price gap & when to choose each

4.0×cheaper per output token

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is ~4.0× cheaper than GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) on output tokens ($0.5 vs $2 per M tokens).

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Super VL if…

You want to self-host or run on your cloud
You need the longer 1M context window
You prioritize data privacy & control
You want the lowest operating costs
You are building open or reproducible AI

Choose GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) if…

You want frontier performance through a managed API
You value reliability & ecosystem
You don't want to manage infrastructure

Feature comparison

Capability	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Open weights (downloadable)	✓	✗
Self-hostable	✓	✗
Runs fully offline	✓	✗
Vision / multimodal	✓	✗
Tool / function calling	✓	✓
1M+ context window	✓	✗

Benchmarks: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)

Independent benchmark scores measured by Artificial Analysis. Higher is better (except latency).

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)

Intelligence index

13.6

–

Humanity's Last Exam

30.7%

–

Long Context Reasoning

69%

–

SciCode

47.8%

–

Coding index

–

10.7

GPQA

–

29.7%

MMLU-Pro

–

46.2%

MATH-500

–

44.1%

Speed

443.7 tok/s

0 tok/s

Latency

0.52s

Intelligence per $

43.5

–

Benchmark data by Artificial Analysis.

How Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) score

🏆 Best value & openness: Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (5.0 vs 2.5 / 5)

Criterion	Nemotron 3.5 Super VL	GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)
Cost-efficiency	5.0	4.5
Context window	5.0	2.0
Openness	5.0	1.5
Self-hosting	5.0	1.0
Multimodality	5.0	3.5

Scores come from live data — output price (cost), context length, open vs closed weights (openness & self-hosting) and vision/tool support (multimodality). Raw task quality isn't scored here; it depends on your benchmark — see the verdict.

What each model is

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL Open

NVIDIA · Open-weight

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is an open multimodal mixture-of-experts model from NVIDIA, with 12B active parameters out of 120B total. It takes text, images, documents, GUI screenshots, and video...

GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) Paid

OpenAI · Proprietary

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.

Other models in these families

These variants are tracked but not compared here — one page per family keeps the comparison readable.

Other variants tracked

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL (free)Nemotron 3 UltraNemotron 3 Ultra (free)Nemotron 3 SuperNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNemotron 3.5 LightningNemotron 3.5 Content SafetyNemotron 3.5 Lightning (free)Nemotron 3 Nano Omni (free)Nemotron 3.5 Content Safety (free)

Frequently asked questions

Is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL as good as GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613)?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL is open-weight and competitive on many tasks, but GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) may still lead on the hardest reasoning and agentic work. The gap keeps narrowing — benchmark both on your actual use case before deciding.

Can I run Nemotron 3.5 Super VL locally?

Yes. Nemotron 3.5 Super VL has open weights, so you can self-host it on your own GPUs or run it via a low-cost API. GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) is API-only and cannot be self-hosted.

How much cheaper is Nemotron 3.5 Super VL?

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL costs $0.5/M output vs $2/M for GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) — roughly 4x cheaper via API, and free if you self-host.

Nemotron 3.5 Super VL vs GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) — which should I pick in 2026?

Choose Nemotron 3.5 Super VL if you want to self-host, keep your data private and skip per-token fees — it's open-weight and runs on your own hardware. Choose GPT-3.5 Turbo (older v0613) if you want frontier capability through a managed API with zero infrastructure to run.

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