Model comparison

GPT-5.3 Codex vs Solar Pro4

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 9.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.5

Rank #61 Reported

Solar Pro4 Upstage

41.5

Rank #123 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher in 1 category and Solar Pro4 in 0 categories; one gap is clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 48.5 to 39.9.
  • Solar Pro4 is cheaper at $0.30 / $1.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Codex.
  • Solar Pro4 accepts more context: 524K tokens versus 400K.

Side by side

GPT-5.3 Codex and Solar Pro4 specifications
GPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
ProviderOpenAIUpstage
Noometry Index45.541.5
Released2026-02-052026-08-06
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K524K
Max output128K131K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$0.30
Output $ / M tokens$14$1.20
Results tracked818

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.3 Codex leads

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.5 (#51), Solar Pro4: 39.9 (#135)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena WebDev14081371
SWE-bench Verified74.8%—
WeirdML79.3%—
LMArena Coding—1439
ALE-Bench1,655—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: 47.8 (#9), Solar Pro4: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
Terminal-Bench78.4%—
METR Time Horizons74.5%—
Vending-Bench 25,940—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Solar Pro4: 27.3 (#107)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena Hard Prompts—1398
Epoch Capabilities Index156.84—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Solar Pro4: 36.1 (#129)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena Math—1418

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Solar Pro4: 39.0 (#128)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena Expert—1421

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Solar Pro4: 49.0 (#134)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena Non-English—1362
LMArena Chinese—1417
LMArena French—1403
LMArena German—1351
LMArena Japanese—1300
LMArena Korean—1383
LMArena Russian—1360
LMArena Spanish—1408

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Solar Pro4: 72.8 (#128)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena Instruction Following—1376

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Solar Pro4: 42.0 (#125)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena Longer Query—1379

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Solar Pro4: 56.7 (#133)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexSolar Pro4
LMArena Text—1386
LMArena Creative Writing—1313
LMArena Multi-Turn—1391

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.3 Codex better than Solar Pro4?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 41.5 on the Noometry Index. Solar Pro4 costs 9.2× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.3 Codex or Solar Pro4?

Solar Pro4 is cheaper. It lists at $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is GPT-5.3 Codex or Solar Pro4 better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.5 versus 39.9 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Solar Pro4 does, with 524K tokens against 400K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Codex and Solar Pro4 share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Codex has 8 scored results on Noometry and Solar Pro4 has 18.

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