GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Nemotron-4 15B

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 47. 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 26.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 80 to 22.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Nemotron-4 15B 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 32K for Nemotron-4 15B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron-4 15B 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

Nemotron-4 15B

41.3

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
82
BrowseComp
47
83
OSWorld-Verified
42

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Nemotron-4 15B

26.5

91
HumanEval
46
80
SWE-bench Verified
31
80
LiveCodeBench
22
85
SWE-bench Pro
30

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Nemotron-4 15B

49.6

86
MMMU-Pro
46
91
OfficeQA Pro
54

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Nemotron-4 15B

53.4

94
SimpleQA
52
92
MuSR
50
97
BBH
73
91
LongBench v2
52
92
MRCRv2
51

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Nemotron-4 15B

42.6

97
MMLU
54
95
GPQA
53
93
SuperGPQA
51
91
OpenBookQA
49
88
MMLU-Pro
63
42
HLE
5
88
FrontierScience
50

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Nemotron-4 15B

79

92
IFEval
79

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Nemotron-4 15B

72.4

94
MGSM
75
89
MMLU-ProX
71

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Nemotron-4 15B

61.1

98
AIME 2023
54
98
AIME 2024
56
97
AIME 2025
55
94
HMMT Feb 2023
50
96
HMMT Feb 2024
52
95
HMMT Feb 2025
51
95
BRUMO 2025
53
98
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 47. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 80 and 22.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 42.6. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 26.5. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 61.1. 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 Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 53.4. 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 Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 41.3. 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 Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 49.6. 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 Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 79. 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 Nemotron-4 15B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 72.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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