GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Gemini 3.1 Pro

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

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 87 versus 84. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 82.3 against 71.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is OSWorld-Verified, 83 to 68. Gemini 3.1 Pro does hit back in multimodal & grounded, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens for Gemini 3.1 Pro. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Gemini 3.1 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 3.1 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, 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 3.1 Pro only becomes the better choice if multimodal & grounded is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

Gemini 3.1 Pro

76.1

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
77
82
BrowseComp
86
83
OSWorld-Verified
68

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Gemini 3.1 Pro

71.9

91
HumanEval
91
80
SWE-bench Verified
75
80
LiveCodeBench
71
85
SWE-bench Pro
72

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 3.1 Pro

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Gemini 3.1 Pro

95

86
MMMU-Pro
95
91
OfficeQA Pro
95

Reasoning

Tie

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Gemini 3.1 Pro

92.7

94
SimpleQA
95
92
MuSR
93
97
BBH
92
91
LongBench v2
93
92
MRCRv2
90

Knowledge

Gemini 3.1 Pro

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Gemini 3.1 Pro

79.4

97
MMLU
99
95
GPQA
97
93
SuperGPQA
95
91
OpenBookQA
93
88
MMLU-Pro
92
42
HLE
40
88
FrontierScience
88

Instruction Following

Gemini 3.1 Pro

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Gemini 3.1 Pro

95

92
IFEval
95

Multilingual

Gemini 3.1 Pro

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Gemini 3.1 Pro

94.1

94
MGSM
96
89
MMLU-ProX
93

Mathematics

Gemini 3.1 Pro

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Gemini 3.1 Pro

96.8

98
AIME 2023
99
98
AIME 2024
99
97
AIME 2025
98
94
HMMT Feb 2023
95
96
HMMT Feb 2024
97
95
HMMT Feb 2025
96
95
BRUMO 2025
96
98
MATH-500
97

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 84. The biggest single separator in this matchup is OSWorld-Verified, where the scores are 83 and 68.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.4 versus 78.3. Inside this category, MMLU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 71.9. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.8 versus 96.7. 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 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark and Gemini 3.1 Pro are effectively tied for reasoning here, both landing at 92.7 on average.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 76.1. 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 Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 88.3. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 92. 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 3.1 Pro?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.1 versus 90.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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