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GPT-5.3 Codex is OpenAI’s proprietary AI model, released Feb 5, 2026. It costs $1.75/M input and $14/M output tokens, and handles a 400K-token context window. Its strongest use case is reasoning & knowledge, where it ranks in the 85th percentile of the models Model Beat tracks.

GPT-5.3-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced agentic coding model, combining the frontier software engineering performance of GPT-5.2-Codex with the broader reasoning and professional knowledge capabilities of GPT-5.2.

Context
400K
Input
$1.75 / 1M
Output
$14 / 1M
Released
Feb 5, 2026
Modalities
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Strongest atReasoning & Knowledge top 15%Agentic & Tools top 39%

Benchmarks

Scores on standardized evaluations. Higher is better — and rank shows where GPT-5.3 Codex lands among all models tracked on Model Beat.

68.0
Intelligence Index
Epoch AI
68th percentile of tracked models
57.0
Coding Index
Epoch AI
57th percentile of tracked models
61.0
Agentic Index
Epoch AI
61st percentile of tracked models

Reasoning

3 evals
GPQA Diamond91.5%

Graduate-level scientific reasoning

Humanity's Last Exam42.5%

Frontier of human expert knowledge

WeirdML79.3%

Novel ML problem-solving

Coding

3 evals
SciCode53.2%

Scientific research coding

SWE-bench Verified74.8%

Real GitHub issue resolution

WebDev Arena1369

Human-rated web development

Agentic & Tools

4 evals
APEX31.8%

Multi-step agentic tasks

METR task horizon5.8 h

Autonomous task length

Terminal-Bench78.4%

Command-line agentic tasks

τ²-bench86.0%

Tool-agent-user reliability

In the news

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Changelog

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  • GPT-5.3 Codex: Humanity's Last Exam improved from 39.9% to 42.5% (+7%)benchmark · Aug 6, 2026

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Frequently asked questions

What is GPT-5.3 Codex?

GPT-5.3-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced agentic coding model, combining the frontier software engineering performance of GPT-5.2-Codex with the broader reasoning and professional knowledge capabilities of GPT-5.2.

Who created GPT-5.3 Codex?

GPT-5.3 Codex is an AI model developed by OpenAI, part of the GPT family, released Feb 5, 2026.

How much does GPT-5.3 Codex cost?

GPT-5.3 Codex's list price from OpenAI is $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens.

What is GPT-5.3 Codex's context window?

GPT-5.3 Codex supports a context window of up to 400K tokens.

How does GPT-5.3 Codex perform on benchmarks?

On standardized evaluations tracked by Epoch AI, GPT-5.3 Codex scores 79.3% on WeirdML, 42.5% on Humanity's Last Exam, 78.4% on Terminal-Bench.

Is GPT-5.3 Codex open source?

GPT-5.3 Codex is a proprietary model (API access), available through its provider's API rather than as a downloadable open-weight model.

Benchmark data from Epoch AI (CC BY) and Artificial Analysis; pricing, specs & descriptions from OpenRouter. Data updated Sep 17, 2026.