GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

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 81. 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 60.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 80 to 58. Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think does hit back in multimodal & grounded, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think 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 3 Pro Deep Think only becomes the better choice if multimodal & grounded is the priority or you need the larger 2M context window.

Agentic

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

78.1

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
77
82
BrowseComp
87
83
OSWorld-Verified
73

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

60.3

91
HumanEval
91
80
SWE-bench Verified
58
80
LiveCodeBench
58
85
SWE-bench Pro
63

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

95

86
MMMU-Pro
95
91
OfficeQA Pro
95

Reasoning

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

94.5

94
SimpleQA
95
92
MuSR
93
97
BBH
95
91
LongBench v2
94
92
MRCRv2
96

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

74.7

97
MMLU
99
95
GPQA
97
93
SuperGPQA
95
91
OpenBookQA
93
88
MMLU-Pro
81
42
HLE
32
88
FrontierScience
88

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

89

92
IFEval
89

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

87.4

94
MGSM
92
89
MMLU-ProX
85

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think

94.5

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
92

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 81. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 80 and 58.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 74.7. 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 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 60.3. 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 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 94.5. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 94.5 versus 92.7. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 78.1. 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 3 Pro Deep Think?

Gemini 3 Pro Deep Think 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 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 89. 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 Pro Deep Think?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 87.4. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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