Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
Both models show comparable benchmark performance. Both models have their strengths depending on your specific coding needs.
OpenAI
GPT-5 Codex, released by OpenAI in August 2025, is a coding-specialized large language model from the GPT-5 family engineered for software engineering, code generation, and agentic development workflows. It builds on GPT-5's architecture with optimizations targeting multi-file code editing, test generation, and automated debugging. GPT-5 Codex targets developers and agentic coding tools requiring a model tuned specifically for programming tasks.
OpenAI
GPT-5.1 Codex, released by OpenAI in November 2025, is a coding-specialized model from the GPT-5.1 family engineered for software engineering tasks including code generation, multi-file editing, and agentic development. It targets developers and automated coding pipelines requiring a GPT-5.1-generation model tuned for programming.
3 months newer

GPT-5 Codex
OpenAI
2025-08

GPT-5.1 Codex
OpenAI
2025-11
Average performance across 2 common benchmarks
GPT-5 Codex
GPT-5.1 Codex
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
GPT-5 Codex
GPT-5.1 Codex
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5 Codex
GPT-5.1 Codex
GPT-5 Codex
GPT-5.1 Codex