# GPT-5.3 Codex vs Qwen3.7 Max

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5.3 Codex and Qwen3.7 Max across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-3-codex-vs-qwen3-7-max
- Last updated: October 2, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.7 Max if you want the stronger benchmark profile. GPT-5.3 Codex only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3.7 Max leads overall 63.46 to 62.49.
- The clearest category separation is in agentic, where the averages are 55.4 for GPT-5.3 Codex and 39.3 for Qwen3.7 Max.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is SWE-bench (Vals) in Coding, with scores of 78.0% and 68.8%.
- Qwen3.7 Max is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.7 Max also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Alibaba |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 400K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 62.49 | 63.46 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 10 | 41 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.75 / $14.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 55.4 (Estimated · #33/119)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 39.3 (Supported · #60/119)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 77.3% | 69.7% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| OSWorld-Verified | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 57.47% | 64.27% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| JobBench | 33.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 64.3% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 65.2% | Coming soon |
| BFCL v4 | Coming soon | 75.0% | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 76.4% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 47.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.7% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 61.0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: GPT-5.3 Codex
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 56 (Supported · #29/144)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 45.4 (Supported · #54/144)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 85% | 80.4% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| SWE-bench Pro | 56.8% | 60.6% | Qwen3.7 Max |
| SWE-Rebench | 58.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 61.77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.3% | 87.1% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.0% | 68.8% | GPT-5.3 Codex |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 78.3% | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 47.2% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 53.5% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench | Coming soon | 91.6% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 69.7% | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | Coming soon | 53.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 76.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| CritPt | Coming soon | 13.4% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 76.7 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 64.9 (Estimated · #26/171)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 59.8 (Supported · #41/171)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 92.4% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 41.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 89.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 95% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 73.6% | Coming soon |
| MMMLU | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 90.2% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 89.3% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 100 (#1/16)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| INCLUDE | Coming soon | 86.2% | Coming soon |
| MAXIFE | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| PolyMath | Coming soon | 86.5% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: 91.2 (#14/125)
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 89.2 (#17/125)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |
| IFBench | Coming soon | 79.1% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- GPT-5.3 Codex public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.7 Max public-lane score: 81.9 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | GPT-5.3 Codex | Qwen3.7 Max | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 97.1% | Coming soon |
| IMOAnswerBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| Apex | Coming soon | 44.5% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, GPT-5.3 Codex or Qwen3.7 Max?

Qwen3.7 Max is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between GPT-5.3 Codex and Qwen3.7 Max?

The widest category gap is in agentic, where the averages are 55.4 for GPT-5.3 Codex and 39.3 for Qwen3.7 Max.

### How many benchmarks does GPT-5.3 Codex cover on BenchLM?

GPT-5.3 Codex currently has 10 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3.7 Max cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.7 Max currently has 41 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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