What Makes Chat GPT Plus different from Chat GPT?

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Ever since its launch in November 2022, ChatGPT has been all the rage among users across industries. Content creators, marketers, coders, everyone is amazed at the conversational capacity of the GPT-3.5 powered chatbot. And if you have been using ChatGPT for a while now, you must have noticed it is updated regularly with more improvements. One such addition to ChatGPT is the ChatGPT Plus, a premium subscription plan offering even better functionalities to users. 

This blog will explore the differences between ChatGPT and ChatGPT Plus and help you decide whether you should upgrade.  

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What is ChatGPT Plus?

ChatGPT is a highly capable chatbot with an advanced language model at its core, but it has had its fair share of issues. The chatbot has problems like slow processing, incomplete responses, and frequent service outages when servers get high traffic. To overcome this issue, OpenAI announced the pro version, the ChatGPT Plus, on February 1, 2023. 

ChatGPT Plus has better architecture and server capacity, giving users a seamless experience even during peak hours. Besides, ChatGPT Plus will have priority, whether it is the distribution of computing resources or rolling out new features and updates. You can subscribe to ChatGPT Plus for $20/month. 

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What Makes ChatGPT Plus Different from ChatGPT?

Here are some crucial points of differences between the two ChatGPT versions:

Data Used for Training

Training data is essential for any chatbot, and ChatGPT and ChatGPT Plus are no different. Developers collect data from various sources and process it to train a chatbot. So, the quality and quantity of data decide how well a chatbot will perform, and that is where ChatGPT Plus takes the edge over ChatGPT.

Developers trained ChatGPT on a massive amount of data from many different text sources, but it is limited compared to the pro version. ChatGPT Plus has even more diverse text sources like websites, documents, books, etc. Besides, developers also used more multi-lingual data to train ChatGPT Plus, so it has better multilingual capabilities.

Architecture Under the Hood

ChatGPT and ChatGPT Plus use the transformer architecture, a neural network that powers Natural Language Processing (NLP) models. The only difference between the two chatbots is the number of parameters used in their architecture.

ChatGPT uses the transformer model with 12 layers and 117 million parameters. However, ChatGPT Plus is powered by a 24-layer transformer model with 1.5 billion parameters. More layers and parameters enable ChatGPT Plus to learn complex language patterns easily. However, it also requires massive processing resources to accomplish that.

GPT-4 Language Model

OpenAI has also announced GPT-4, the next-gen version of the language model that powers ChatGPT. In addition to text, the new language model can also accept visual inputs to generate text output. The new advanced language model is already available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers.

Besides, their performance is the biggest difference between ChatGPT and ChatGPT Plus. ChatGPT Plus is faster and more capable of generating accurate text responses due to more layers and parameters and the availability of an enhanced GPT-4 language model.

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ChatGPT vs ChatGPT Plus: Head-to-Head Comparison

Parameters	ChatGPT	ChatGPT Plus
Transformer Model Capacity	117 million parameters	1.2 billion parameters
Processing Speed	Slow compared to ChatGPT Plus	Faster than ChatGPT
Language Model	GPT-3.5	GPT-4
Multilingual Capabilities	Limited proficiency	Better proficiency
Application	Ideal for use cases that occasionally require natural language processing.	Best for use cases heavily reliant on NLP such as content generation, virtual assistance, etc.

Is ChatGPT Plus Worth It? 

Better performance, priority in updates and feature roll-outs, and no downtime during peak hours make ChatGPT Plus a better chatbot, but should you pay $20 monthly to access it? Whether ChatGPT Plus is worth, it depends on how you use the chatbot. 

Currently, content creation, translation, writing code snippets, SEO, virtual assistant, and research are the primary uses of ChatGPT among the general masses. And the ChatGPT premium subscription plan is aimed at businesses and individuals relying heavily on ChatGPT. So, you could subscribe to ChatGPT Plus if:

1. ChatGPT has become an essential part of your or your team’s workflow. 
2. You want seamless access to ChatGPT services without slow processing or downtimes.
3. You want early access to new features like the GPT-4 language model. 
4. You want to support the development of ChatGPT and its language models. 

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