GPT-5.3 Instant vs Llama 3 70B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

GPT-5.3 Instant 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 Instant's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 78.7 against 15.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 83 to 14.

GPT-5.3 Instant 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.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3 Instant 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 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

82.9

Llama 3 70B

41.2

86
Terminal-Bench 2.0
37
82
BrowseComp
48
80
OSWorld-Verified
41

Coding

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

78.7

Llama 3 70B

15.8

88
HumanEval
50
76
SWE-bench Verified
9
75
LiveCodeBench
19
83
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

95

Llama 3 70B

52.3

95
MMMU-Pro
50
95
OfficeQA Pro
55

Reasoning

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

94.2

Llama 3 70B

59.6

96
SimpleQA
56
94
MuSR
54
97
BBH
74
92
LongBench v2
61
94
MRCRv2
61

Knowledge

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

80.8

Llama 3 70B

42.2

99
MMLU
58
98
GPQA
58
96
SuperGPQA
56
94
OpenBookQA
54
89
MMLU-Pro
55
44
HLE
2
92
FrontierScience
54

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

96

Llama 3 70B

77

96
IFEval
77

Multilingual

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

93.4

Llama 3 70B

67.5

96
MGSM
72
92
MMLU-ProX
65

Mathematics

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

97.2

Llama 3 70B

63.3

99
AIME 2023
58
99
AIME 2024
60
98
AIME 2025
59
95
HMMT Feb 2023
54
97
HMMT Feb 2024
56
96
HMMT Feb 2025
55
96
BRUMO 2025
57
98
MATH-500
71

Frequently Asked Questions

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

GPT-5.3 Instant is ahead overall, 87 to 45. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 83 and 14.

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

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 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 Instant or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.7 versus 15.8. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3 Instant or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.2 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 Instant or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 94.2 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 Instant or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.9 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 Instant or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95 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 Instant or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 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 Instant or Llama 3 70B?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 93.4 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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