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GPT-5.3 Codex vs o3-pro

Data verified

Head-to-head evidence from 2 shared benchmark results across 1 category. Overall scores shown here use the public BenchAlign v5 ranking lane.

66.69/100
Margin
18.4pts
← winning
OpenAI
48.33/100
0 category wins0 category wins

Public leaderboard positions: GPT-5.3 Codex #26 (Supported); o3-pro #127 (Supported). Intervals and evidence labels describe ranking uncertainty, not a guarantee for a specific workload.

Evidence parity. GPT-5.3 Codex and o3-pro share 2 comparable benchmark results. 0 of 8 categories are comparable. 19 results are unique to GPT-5.3 Codex; 0 to o3-pro.

Updated July 20, 2026
Shared results
2
GPT-5.3 Codex only
19
o3-pro only
0
Comparable categories
0 / 8

Benchmark data for GPT-5.3 Codex and o3-pro is coming soon on BenchLM.

Confidence note. This is a partial-evidence comparison with 2 shared benchmark results across 1 evidence category; 0 of 8 categories currently have scoreable aggregates for both models. Treat the verdict as directional until coverage is more balanced.

Why this result

BenchLM has partial data for these models, but not enough overlapping benchmark coverage to produce a fair score-level comparison yet.

o3-pro is priced at $20.00 input / $80.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.75 input / $14.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.3 Codex. GPT-5.3 Codex has the larger context window at 400K, compared with 200K for o3-pro.

Category breakdown

Exact category averages are shown below. Not measured means BenchLM does not have enough sourced public coverage for that model and category.

Category scores and score margins for GPT-5.3 Codex and o3-pro
CategoryGPT-5.3 CodexΔo3-pro
AgenticGPT-5.3 Codex71.4MarginNo overlapo3-proNot measured
CodingGPT-5.3 Codex67.2MarginNo overlapo3-proNot measured

Operational comparison

Runtime and commercial metrics are compared only when both models have a complete sourced value.

MetricGPT-5.3 Codexo3-proComparison
Input / output priceUSD per 1M tokensGPT-5.3 Codex$1.75 input / $14 outputo3-pro$20 input / $80 outputGPT-5.3 Codex has the lower combined listed price.
Generation speedtokens per secondGPT-5.3 Codex79 tok/so3-pro27 tok/sGPT-5.3 Codex has the higher measured throughput.
First-answer latencyseconds to first tokenGPT-5.3 Codex88.26 so3-pro84.93 so3-pro reaches the first token sooner.
Context windowmaximum listed tokensGPT-5.3 Codex400Ko3-pro200KGPT-5.3 Codex lists the larger context window.

Benchmark Deep Dive

Agentic
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 Codexo3-proResult
Terminal-Bench 2.0Source 77.3%Not comparable
OSWorld-VerifiedSource 64.7%Not comparable
τ²-bench resultsSource 86%Not comparable
Gert LabsSource 57.47%Not comparable
JobBenchSource 33.7%Not comparable
Coding
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 Codexo3-proResult
SWE-bench VerifiedSource 85%Not comparable
SWE-bench ProSource 56.8%Not comparable
SWE-RebenchSource 58.2%Not comparable
Vibe Code BenchSource 61.77%Not comparable
AA-SciCodeSource 53.2%Not comparable
Reasoning
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 Codexo3-proResult
AA-LCRSource 74.0%Not comparable
CritPtSource 16.9%Not comparable
Knowledge
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 Codexo3-proResult
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexSource 44.3%32.5%GPT-5.3 Codex leads
AA-GPQA DiamondSource 91.5%84.5%GPT-5.3 Codex leads
AA-HLESource 39.9%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience IndexSource 9.9%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience AccuracySource 51.8%Not comparable
AA-Omniscience Hallucination RateSource 86.9%Not comparable
Multimodal
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 Codexo3-proResult
AA-MMMU-ProSource 78.5%Not comparable
Design Arena WebsiteSource 1195Not comparable
Inst. Following
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 Codexo3-proResult
AA-IFBenchSource 75.4%Not comparable
Frequently Asked Questions (3)

Can I compare GPT-5.3 Codex and o3-pro on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but the sourced benchmark breakdown for this comparison is still coming soon.

Why does this comparison show “coming soon”?

BenchLM only shows category winners and benchmark-level calls when we have sourced results that can be compared fairly. For these models, the public benchmark coverage is not complete enough yet.

What data is available for GPT-5.3 Codex and o3-pro today?

GPT-5.3 Codex: $1.75 input / $14.00 output per 1M tokens o3-pro: $20.00 input / $80.00 output per 1M tokens Both model pages still include creator, context window, reasoning mode, and other metadata while benchmark coverage fills in.

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Last updated: July 20, 2026

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