GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Llama 3 70B

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 45. 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 15.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Verified, 80 to 9.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Llama 3 70B 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. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Llama 3 70B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Llama 3 70B only becomes the better choice if 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

Llama 3 70B

41.2

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
82
BrowseComp
48
83
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Llama 3 70B

15.8

91
HumanEval
50
80
SWE-bench Verified
9
80
LiveCodeBench
19
85
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Llama 3 70B

52.3

86
MMMU-Pro
50
91
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Llama 3 70B

59.6

94
SimpleQA
56
92
MuSR
54
97
BBH
74
91
LongBench v2
61
92
MRCRv2
61

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Llama 3 70B

42.2

97
MMLU
58
95
GPQA
58
93
SuperGPQA
56
91
OpenBookQA
54
88
MMLU-Pro
55
42
HLE
2
88
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Llama 3 70B

77

92
IFEval
77

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Llama 3 70B

67.5

94
MGSM
72
89
MMLU-ProX
65

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Llama 3 70B

63.3

98
AIME 2023
58
98
AIME 2024
60
97
AIME 2025
59
94
HMMT Feb 2023
54
96
HMMT Feb 2024
56
95
HMMT Feb 2025
55
95
BRUMO 2025
57
98
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Verified, where the scores are 80 and 9.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 42.2. 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 Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 15.8. 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 Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 63.3. 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 Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 59.6. 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 Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 41.2. 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 Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 52.3. 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 Llama 3 70B?

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 Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 67.5. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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