GPT-5.3 Instant vs o1-pro

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 23. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 83 to 23.

o1-pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $150.00 input / $600.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $1.75 input / $14.00 output per 1M tokens for GPT-5.3 Instant. That is roughly 42.9x on output cost alone. o1-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for GPT-5.3 Instant.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3 Instant if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o1-pro only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 200K context window.

Agentic

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

82.9

o1-pro

39.7

86
Terminal-Bench 2.0
40
82
BrowseComp
50
80
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

78.7

o1-pro

23

88
HumanEval
Coming soon
76
SWE-bench Verified
Coming soon
75
LiveCodeBench
Coming soon
83
SWE-bench Pro
23

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

95

o1-pro

48.5

95
MMMU-Pro
48
95
OfficeQA Pro
49

Reasoning

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

94.2

o1-pro

56.2

96
SimpleQA
Coming soon
94
MuSR
Coming soon
97
BBH
Coming soon
92
LongBench v2
54
94
MRCRv2
59

Knowledge

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

80.8

o1-pro

69.9

99
MMLU
Coming soon
98
GPQA
79
96
SuperGPQA
Coming soon
94
OpenBookQA
Coming soon
89
MMLU-Pro
Coming soon
44
HLE
Coming soon
92
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.

96
IFEval
Coming soon

Multilingual

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

93.4

o1-pro

52

96
MGSM
Coming soon
92
MMLU-ProX
52

Mathematics

GPT-5.3 Instant

GPT-5.3 Instant

97.2

o1-pro

86

99
AIME 2023
Coming soon
99
AIME 2024
86
98
AIME 2025
Coming soon
95
HMMT Feb 2023
Coming soon
97
HMMT Feb 2024
Coming soon
96
HMMT Feb 2025
Coming soon
96
BRUMO 2025
Coming soon
98
MATH-500
Coming soon

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3 Instant or o1-pro?

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 23.

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

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 80.8 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 Instant or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 78.7 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 Instant or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 97.2 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 Instant or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 94.2 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 Instant or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.9 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 Instant or o1-pro?

GPT-5.3 Instant has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 48.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

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