# dots3-note Preview vs GPT-5.4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for dots3-note Preview and GPT-5.4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-gpt-5-4
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. dots3-note Preview only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- GPT-5.4 leads overall 68.42 to 62.64.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.9 for dots3-note Preview and 60.6 for GPT-5.4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is ZeroBench in Multimodal & Grounded, with scores of 19.0% and 41.0%.
- dots3-note Preview is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- GPT-5.4 also has the larger context window at 1.05M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Dots Studio | OpenAI |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 512K | 1.05M |
| Overall Score | 62.64 | 68.42 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 31 | 38 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $2.50 / $15.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 56.4 (Estimated · #28/117)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 47.8 (Supported · #41/117)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Claw-Eval | 73.4% | 60.3% | dots3-note Preview |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 55.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 52.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| APEX-Agents | 30.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.3% | 82.7% | dots3-note Preview |
| HLE w/ tools | 52.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.1% | 73.6% | dots3-note Preview |
| WideResearch | 78.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 75.1% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 79.0% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 75% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 70.6% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 54.6% | Coming soon |
| τ²-bench results | Coming soon | 98.9% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 64.89% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 15.3% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 38.9% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 6.0% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 11% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 49.6 (Supported · #40/142)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Codeforces | 3056.0 | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 91.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 75.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 78.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 61% | 57.7% | dots3-note Preview |
| NL2Repo | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench Pro | Coming soon | 87.5% | Coming soon |
| React Native Evals | Coming soon | 85.3% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 67.42% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 72.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 60.6 (#21/27)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 81.4% | 74.0% | dots3-note Preview |
| ARC-AGI-3 | Coming soon | 0.2% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 67.2 (Unranked · 10 rankable rows)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 69.3 (#21/50)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SimpleVQA | 72.5% | 61.1% | dots3-note Preview |
| MMMU-Pro | 79.1% | 81.2% | GPT-5.4 |
| MathVision | 87.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ZeroBench | 19.0% | 41.0% | GPT-5.4 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 83.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GDP.pdf (no tools) | 60.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| PerceptionBench | 53.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | 50.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMVU | 79.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OfficeQA Pro | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | Coming soon | 82.1% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | Coming soon | 82.8% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.4% | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 85.4% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (MM) | Coming soon | 77.1% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 66.7 (Supported · #19/168)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 52.6% | 52.1% | dots3-note Preview |
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.8% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Hard | Coming soon | 40.1% | Coming soon |
| MedXpertQA (Text) | Coming soon | 59.6% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 48.1% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: 85.2 (#37/124)
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 89.2 (#19/124)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| IFEval | 93.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- dots3-note Preview public-lane score: Coming soon
- GPT-5.4 public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | dots3-note Preview | GPT-5.4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IMOAnswerBench | 90.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 47.600% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 27.100% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, dots3-note Preview or GPT-5.4?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between dots3-note Preview and GPT-5.4?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 72.9 for dots3-note Preview and 60.6 for GPT-5.4.

### How many benchmarks does dots3-note Preview cover on BenchLM?

dots3-note Preview currently has 31 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.4 cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.4 currently has 38 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 Pro](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-pro)
- [dots3-note Preview vs GPT-5.4 mini](/compare/dots3-note-preview-vs-gpt-5-4-mini)
- [GPT-5.4 vs GPT-5.4 mini](/compare/gpt-5-4-vs-gpt-5-4-mini)

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