GPT-5.3 Instant vs GPT-4 Turbo

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

GPT-5.3 Instant is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 87 to 47. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.3 Instant's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 78.7 against 17.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 76 to 5.

GPT-5.3 Instant is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4 Turbo 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.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3 Instant if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-4 Turbo only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

82.9

GPT-4 Turbo

44.7

86
Terminal-Bench 2.0
42
82
BrowseComp
54
80
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

78.7

GPT-4 Turbo

17.2

88
HumanEval
52
76
SWE-bench Verified
5
75
LiveCodeBench
23
83
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

95

GPT-4 Turbo

55.3

95
MMMU-Pro
53
95
OfficeQA Pro
58

Reasoning

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

94.2

GPT-4 Turbo

61

96
SimpleQA
58
94
MuSR
56
97
BBH
75
92
LongBench v2
62
94
MRCRv2
62

Knowledge

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

80.8

GPT-4 Turbo

41.1

99
MMLU
60
98
GPQA
60
96
SuperGPQA
58
94
OpenBookQA
56
89
MMLU-Pro
51
44
HLE
1
92
FrontierScience
52

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

96

GPT-4 Turbo

80

96
IFEval
80

Multilingual

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

93.4

GPT-4 Turbo

68.5

96
MGSM
75
92
MMLU-ProX
65

Mathematics

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

97.2

GPT-4 Turbo

64.4

99
AIME 2023
60
99
AIME 2024
62
98
AIME 2025
61
95
HMMT Feb 2023
56
97
HMMT Feb 2024
58
96
HMMT Feb 2025
57
96
BRUMO 2025
59
98
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant is ahead overall, 87 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 76 and 5.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 versus 41.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.7 versus 17.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.2 versus 64.4. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 94.2 versus 61. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.9 versus 44.7. 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 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 55.3. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3 Instant or GPT-4 Turbo?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 versus 68.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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