GPT-5.4 Pro vs o3

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 76. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 89 against 56. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 40.

GPT-5.4 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $30.00 input / $180.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $10.00 input / $40.00 output per 1M tokens for o3. That is roughly 4.5x on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 200K for o3.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o3 only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

o3

73.3

99
MMLU
86
99
GPQA
87
97
SuperGPQA
85
94
OpenBookQA
83
94
MMLU-Pro
75
50
HLE
24

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

o3

56

95
HumanEval
78
86
SWE-bench Verified
50
86
LiveCodeBench
40

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

o3

87.1

99
AIME 2023
88
99
AIME 2024
90
99
AIME 2025
89
96
HMMT Feb 2023
84
98
HMMT Feb 2024
86
97
HMMT Feb 2025
85
97
BRUMO 2025
87
99
MATH-500
88

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

o3

84

97
SimpleQA
84
95
MuSR
82
98
BBH
86

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

o3

85

97
IFEval
85

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

o3

83

97
MGSM
83

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 76. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 40.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 73.3. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 56. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 87.1. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 84. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 85. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 83. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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