# o1 vs o3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for o1 and o3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/o1-vs-o3
- Last updated: September 29, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 1
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Evidence is too thin for a benchmark verdict: o1 and o3 share only 1 sourced benchmark row.

## Summary

- Only 1 shared sourced benchmark row is available. That is not enough for a broad capability verdict, so this mirror does not name an overall winner.
- o3 has the lower published output-token price.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | o1 | o3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 200K | 200K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 37.48 | 46.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 4 | 2 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $15.00 / $60.00 | $2.00 / $8.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o1 public-lane score: 30.4 (Estimated · #93/143)
- o3 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o1 public-lane score: 67 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- o3 public-lane score: 73.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o1 public-lane score: Coming soon
- o3 public-lane score: 64.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o1 public-lane score: 40.7 (Supported · #96/169)
- o3 public-lane score: 47.1 (Estimated · #74/169)

| Benchmark | o1 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU | 91.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA | 75.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o1 public-lane score: 84.5 (#40/124)
- o3 public-lane score: 86 (#34/124)

| Benchmark | o1 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 92.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- o1 public-lane score: 32.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- o3 public-lane score: 37.7 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | o1 | o3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 9.310% | 18.685% | o3 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 2.083% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Is there enough evidence to pick between o1 and o3?

Not yet. The models share only 1 sourced benchmark row, so this mirror reports the available measurements and metadata without naming a broad winner.

### What can I compare safely on this page?

Published pricing, context windows, model type, and individual shared benchmark rows are directly comparable. Independent overall scores and non-overlapping benchmark coverage are labeled separately and should not be read as a controlled head-to-head result.

## Related Comparisons

- [o1 vs o1-preview](/compare/o1-vs-o1-preview)
- [o3 vs o1-preview](/compare/o1-preview-vs-o3)
- [o1 vs o1-pro](/compare/o1-vs-o1-pro)
- [o3 vs o1-pro](/compare/o1-pro-vs-o3)

## Explore More

- [o1 profile](/models/o1)
- [o3 profile](/models/o3)
- [Compare Pricing](/llm-pricing)
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- [LLM Selector](/tools/llm-selector)
- [Overall Rankings](/best/overall)