Model comparison
GPT-5.1 vs GPT-5.3 Codex
GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 45.5 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 7 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 7 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.1 scores higher in 0 categories and GPT-5.3 Codex in 2 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 47.8 to 32.5.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench: 47.6% for GPT-5.1 and 78.4% for GPT-5.3 Codex.
- GPT-5.1 is cheaper at $1.25 / $10 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Codex.
Side by side
| GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Noometry Index | 48.8 | 45.5 |
| Released | 2025-11-13 | 2026-02-05 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Context window | 400K | 400K |
| Max output | 128K | 128K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.25 | $1.75 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $10 | $14 |
| Results tracked | 63 | 8 |
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Category by category
Coding GPT-5.3 Codex leads
GPT-5.1: 46.9 (#59), GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.5 (#51)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 68% | 74.8% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1395 | 1408 |
| WeirdML | 60.8% | 79.3% |
| ALE-Bench | 1,192 | 1,655 |
| SWE-bench Verified (bash only) | 66% | — |
| SciCode | 43.3% | — |
| GSO | 13.7% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | 72.5% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1454 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.3 Codex leads
GPT-5.1: 32.5 (#55), GPT-5.3 Codex: 47.8 (#9)
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Terminal-Bench | 47.6% | 78.4% |
| Vending-Bench 2 | 1,473 | 5,940 |
| DeepResearch Bench | 42.8% | — |
| LMArena Search | 1199 | — |
| METR Time Horizons | — | 74.5% |
Reasoning Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 39.9 (#50), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 149.66 | 156.84 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 17.6% | — |
| SimpleBench | 53.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 72.8% | — |
| CritPt | 4.9% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 32% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 11.2% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 95.8% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1457 | — |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | 19% | — |
| DTBench | 90.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 72.1% | — |
| LMCA | 43.9% | — |
| ForecastBench | 58.1 | — |
| LiveBench | 78.8% | — |
Math Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 50.3 (#45), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.6% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 46.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 94.5% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1446 | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 31% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | 12.5% | — |
Knowledge Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 50.5 (#65), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 87.6% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 23.7% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 48% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 57.9% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 10.9% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 44.2% | — |
| LMArena Expert | 1470 | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 44.0 (#17), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1250 | — |
| VPCT | 58.7% | — |
| LMArena Document | 1403 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 54.0 (#51), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1431 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1495 | — |
| LMArena French | 1451 | — |
| LMArena German | 1439 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1453 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1401 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1435 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1430 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 84.0 (#1), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 93.3% | — |
| IFEval | 93.5% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1442 | — |
Long Context Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 47.6 (#14), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | 23.7% | — |
| CL-bench Life | 17.3% | — |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1448 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
GPT-5.1: 64.7 (#53), GPT-5.3 Codex: —
| Benchmark | GPT-5.1 | GPT-5.3 Codex |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1443 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1427 | — |
| WildBench | 86.3% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1449 | — |
| LiveBench Language | 80.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-5.1 better than GPT-5.3 Codex?
GPT-5.1 is the stronger model overall, scoring 48.8 to 45.5 on the Noometry Index.
Which is cheaper, GPT-5.1 or GPT-5.3 Codex?
GPT-5.1 is cheaper. It lists at $1.25 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.
Is GPT-5.1 or GPT-5.3 Codex better for coding?
GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.5 versus 46.9 in the Noometry coding category.
Which has the bigger context window?
Both accept 400K tokens.
How many benchmarks do GPT-5.1 and GPT-5.3 Codex share?
7 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.1 has 63 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.3 Codex has 8.