GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs o1-pro

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 23. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 85 to 23.

o1-pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $150.00 input / $600.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $2.00 input / $8.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark. That is roughly 75.0x on output cost alone. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 200K for o1-pro.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

o1-pro

39.7

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
40
82
BrowseComp
50
83
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

o1-pro

23

91
HumanEval
Coming soon
80
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
80
LiveCodeBench
Coming soon
85
SWE-bench Pro
23

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

o1-pro

48.5

86
MMMU-Pro
48
91
OfficeQA Pro
49

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

o1-pro

56.2

94
SimpleQA
Coming soon
92
MuSR
Coming soon
97
BBH
Coming soon
91
LongBench v2
54
92
MRCRv2
59

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

o1-pro

69.9

97
MMLU
Coming soon
95
GPQA
79
93
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
91
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
88
MMLU-Pro
Coming soon
42
HLE
Coming soon
88
FrontierScience
63

Instruction Following

Coming soon

Comparable scores for this category are coming soon. One or both models do not have sourced results here yet.

92
IFEval
Coming soon

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

o1-pro

52

94
MGSM
Coming soon
89
MMLU-ProX
52

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

o1-pro

86

98
AIME 2023
Coming soon
98
AIME 2024
86
97
AIME 2025
Coming soon
94
HMMT Feb 2023
Coming soon
96
HMMT Feb 2024
Coming soon
95
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
95
BRUMO 2025
Coming soon
98
MATH-500
Coming soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 85 and 23.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 69.9. Inside this category, FrontierScience is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 23. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 86. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 56.2. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 39.7. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 48.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 52. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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