o3-pro vs GPT-5 nano

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

o3-pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 77 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o3-pro's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 75 against 71.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 89 to 71.2.

GPT-5 nano gives you the larger context window at 400K, compared with 200K for o3-pro.

Quick Verdict

Pick o3-pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5 nano only becomes the better choice if you need the larger 400K context window.

Knowledge

o3-pro

o3-pro

75

GPT-5 nano

71.2

88
MMLU
-
89
GPQA
71.2
87
SuperGPQA
-
85
OpenBookQA
-
75
MMLU-Pro
-
26
HLE
-

Coding

o3-pro
80
HumanEval
-
46
SWE-bench Verified
-
44
LiveCodeBench
-

Mathematics

o3-pro

o3-pro

89

GPT-5 nano

85.2

90
AIME 2023
-
92
AIME 2024
-
91
AIME 2025
85.2
86
HMMT Feb 2023
-
88
HMMT Feb 2024
-
87
HMMT Feb 2025
-
89
BRUMO 2025
-
89
MATH-500
-

Reasoning

o3-pro
86
SimpleQA
-
84
MuSR
-
89
BBH
-

Instruction Following

o3-pro
82
IFEval
-

Multilingual

o3-pro
83
MGSM
-

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o3-pro or GPT-5 nano?

o3-pro is ahead overall, 77 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 89 and 71.2.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o3-pro or GPT-5 nano?

o3-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 75 versus 71.2. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o3-pro or GPT-5 nano?

o3-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 85.2. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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