Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5.3 Codex leads with 21.3% higher average benchmark score. Overall, GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger choice for coding tasks.
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-5.3 Codex, released by OpenAI in February 2026, is a coding-specialized large language model from the GPT-5.3 family. It targets software engineering workflows including automated code generation, test writing, and agentic multi-file editing, built on the incremental improvements of the GPT-5.3 generation.
6 months newer

GPT-5 Codex
OpenAI
2025-08

GPT-5.3 Codex
OpenAI
2026-02
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