GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs DBRX Instruct

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 87 to 37. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 92.7 against 36.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OfficeQA Pro, 91 to 35.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for DBRX Instruct. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while DBRX Instruct is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 32K for DBRX Instruct.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. DBRX Instruct only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

DBRX Instruct

34.3

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
41
82
BrowseComp
31
83
OSWorld-Verified
29

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

DBRX Instruct

48

91
HumanEval
70.1
80
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
80
LiveCodeBench
Coming soon
85
SWE-bench Pro
48

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

DBRX Instruct

35.6

86
MMMU-Pro
36
91
OfficeQA Pro
35

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

DBRX Instruct

36.4

94
SimpleQA
Coming soon
92
MuSR
Coming soon
97
BBH
Coming soon
91
LongBench v2
36
92
MRCRv2
37

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

DBRX Instruct

52

97
MMLU
73.7
95
GPQA
Coming soon
93
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
91
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
88
MMLU-Pro
Coming soon
42
HLE
Coming soon
88
FrontierScience
52

Instruction Following

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

92
IFEval
Coming soon

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

DBRX Instruct

46

94
MGSM
Coming soon
89
MMLU-ProX
46

Mathematics

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

98
AIME 2023
Coming soon
98
AIME 2024
Coming soon
97
AIME 2025
Coming soon
94
HMMT Feb 2023
Coming soon
96
HMMT Feb 2024
Coming soon
95
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
95
BRUMO 2025
Coming soon
98
MATH-500
Coming soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 37. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OfficeQA Pro, where the scores are 91 and 35.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 52. Inside this category, FrontierScience is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 48. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 36.4. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 34.3. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 35.6. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or DBRX Instruct?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 46. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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