GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

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

GPT-5.4 has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 90 versus 87. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-5.4's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 95.5 against 88.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 95 to 86.

GPT-5.4 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark. GPT-5.4 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 256K for GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

87.8

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
90
88
BrowseComp
82
85
OSWorld-Verified
83

Coding

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

84.5

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

95
HumanEval
91
84
SWE-bench Verified
80
84
LiveCodeBench
80
85
SWE-bench Pro
85

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

95.5

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

95
MMMU-Pro
86
96
OfficeQA Pro
91

Reasoning

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

95.8

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

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

Knowledge

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

82.6

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

99
MMLU
97
98
GPQA
95
96
SuperGPQA
93
94
OpenBookQA
91
93
MMLU-Pro
88
48
HLE
42
91
FrontierScience
88

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

96

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

96
IFEval
92

Multilingual

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

94.7

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

96
MGSM
94
94
MMLU-ProX
89

Mathematics

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

98.2

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall, 90 to 87. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 95 and 86.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 78.3. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 82.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 96.7. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.8 versus 92.7. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.8 versus 85.6. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95.5 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-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 92. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 or GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.7 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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