GPT-5.4 Pro vs o3-pro

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 94 to 77. 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 56.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 86 to 44.

GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 200K for o3-pro.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. o3-pro only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

88.8

o3-pro

75

99
MMLU
88
99
GPQA
89
97
SuperGPQA
87
94
OpenBookQA
85
94
MMLU-Pro
75
50
HLE
26

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

89

o3-pro

56.7

95
HumanEval
80
86
SWE-bench Verified
46
86
LiveCodeBench
44

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98

o3-pro

89

99
AIME 2023
90
99
AIME 2024
92
99
AIME 2025
91
96
HMMT Feb 2023
86
98
HMMT Feb 2024
88
97
HMMT Feb 2025
87
97
BRUMO 2025
89
99
MATH-500
89

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.7

o3-pro

86.3

97
SimpleQA
86
95
MuSR
84
98
BBH
89

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

o3-pro

82

97
IFEval
82

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

o3-pro

83

97
MGSM
83

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or o3-pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 94 to 77. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 86 and 44.

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

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.8 versus 75. 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-pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 56.7. 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-pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98 versus 89. 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-pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 86.3. 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-pro?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 82. 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-pro?

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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