# GPT-5 (medium) vs Macaw

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for GPT-5 (medium) and Macaw across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gpt-5-medium-vs-macaw-v1
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for GPT-5 (medium) and Macaw.

## Summary

- GPT-5 (medium) and Macaw do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | GPT-5 (medium) | Macaw |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | Bad Theory Labs |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 44.92 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 0 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5 (medium) public-lane score: 34.6 (Estimated · #75/135)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5 (medium) public-lane score: 74.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5 (medium) public-lane score: 69.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5 (medium) public-lane score: 46.6 (Estimated · #69/158)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- GPT-5 (medium) public-lane score: 84.9 (#38/124)
- Macaw public-lane score: Coming soon

## FAQ

### Can I compare GPT-5 (medium) and Macaw on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

## Related Comparisons

- [GPT-5 (medium) vs GPT-5 mini](/compare/gpt-5-medium-vs-gpt-5-mini)
- [Macaw vs GPT-5 mini](/compare/gpt-5-mini-vs-macaw-v1)
- [GPT-5 (medium) vs GPT-5 nano](/compare/gpt-5-medium-vs-gpt-5-nano)
- [Macaw vs GPT-5 nano](/compare/gpt-5-nano-vs-macaw-v1)

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