GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Qwen2.5-VL-32B

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 38. 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 14.3. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 80 to 11.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen2.5-VL-32B 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen2.5-VL-32B 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

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

33.5

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
82
BrowseComp
41
83
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

14.3

91
HumanEval
35
80
SWE-bench Verified
17
80
LiveCodeBench
11
85
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

52.2

86
MMMU-Pro
58
91
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

43.2

94
SimpleQA
41
92
MuSR
39
97
BBH
61
91
LongBench v2
42
92
MRCRv2
43

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

34.7

97
MMLU
43
95
GPQA
42
93
SuperGPQA
40
91
OpenBookQA
38
88
MMLU-Pro
53
42
HLE
2
88
FrontierScience
43

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

67

92
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

60.4

94
MGSM
63
89
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Qwen2.5-VL-32B

49.7

98
AIME 2023
43
98
AIME 2024
45
97
AIME 2025
44
94
HMMT Feb 2023
39
96
HMMT Feb 2024
41
95
HMMT Feb 2025
40
95
BRUMO 2025
42
98
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 80 and 11.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 34.7. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 14.3. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 49.7. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 43.2. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 versus 33.5. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 52.2. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 67. 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 Qwen2.5-VL-32B?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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