Model comparison

GPT-5.3 Codex vs Qwen3-4B

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.5

Rank #61 Reported

Qwen3-4B Alibaba (Qwen)

31.5

Rank #261 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 47.8 to 27.3.
  • Qwen3-4B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.3 Codex and Qwen3-4B specifications
GPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-4B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index45.531.5
Released2026-02-052025-04-29
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked86

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Category by category

Coding Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.5 (#51), Qwen3-4B: —

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-4B
SWE-bench Verified74.8%—
LMArena WebDev1408—
WeirdML79.3%—
ALE-Bench1,655—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.3 Codex leads

GPT-5.3 Codex: 47.8 (#9), Qwen3-4B: 27.3 (#94)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-4B
Terminal-Bench78.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—35.7%
METR Time Horizons74.5%—
Vending-Bench 25,940—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-4B: 18.5 (#264)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-4B
Chess Puzzles—4%
Epoch Capabilities Index156.84—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-4B: 28.5 (#228)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-4B
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions—38.5%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—52.2%

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-4B: 33.0 (#198)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-4B
GPQA Diamond—52.3%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.7%

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.3 Codex better than Qwen3-4B?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 31.5 on the Noometry Index.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Codex and Qwen3-4B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Codex has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-4B has 6.

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