GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Gemini 1.5 Pro

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 52. 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 coding, where it averages 82.3 against 18.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 80 to 5.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 1.5 Pro 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. Gemini 1.5 Pro gives you the larger context window at 2M, compared with 256K for GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 1.5 Pro only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 2M context window 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

Gemini 1.5 Pro

49.8

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
45
82
BrowseComp
64
83
OSWorld-Verified
45

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Gemini 1.5 Pro

18.5

91
HumanEval
56
80
SWE-bench Verified
5
80
LiveCodeBench
22
85
SWE-bench Pro
18

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Gemini 1.5 Pro

74.1

86
MMMU-Pro
75
91
OfficeQA Pro
73

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Gemini 1.5 Pro

66.9

94
SimpleQA
62
92
MuSR
60
97
BBH
74
91
LongBench v2
70
92
MRCRv2
73

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Gemini 1.5 Pro

44.2

97
MMLU
64
95
GPQA
64
93
SuperGPQA
62
91
OpenBookQA
60
88
MMLU-Pro
57
42
HLE
1
88
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Gemini 1.5 Pro

77

92
IFEval
77

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Gemini 1.5 Pro

69.5

94
MGSM
76
89
MMLU-ProX
66

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Gemini 1.5 Pro

67.5

98
AIME 2023
64
98
AIME 2024
66
97
AIME 2025
65
94
HMMT Feb 2023
60
96
HMMT Feb 2024
62
95
HMMT Feb 2025
61
95
BRUMO 2025
63
98
MATH-500
73

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 52. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 80 and 5.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 44.2. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 18.5. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 67.5. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 66.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 49.8. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 74.1. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 77. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 1.5 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 69.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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