Comprehensive side-by-side LLM comparison
GPT-5 Codex leads with 4.0% higher average benchmark score. 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.
Alibaba / Qwen
Qwen3 Coder Next is a coding-specialized open-weight model from Alibaba's Qwen3 family, built on the Qwen3-Next architecture with hybrid attention and Mixture-of-Experts design optimized for local development and agentic coding workflows. It targets on-device and self-hosted deployments requiring a capable coding agent that can operate within consumer hardware constraints.
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GPT-5 Codex
OpenAI
2025-08
Qwen3 Coder Next
Alibaba / Qwen
2026-02-04
Average performance across 1 common benchmarks
GPT-5 Codex
Qwen3 Coder Next
Performance comparison across key benchmark categories
GPT-5 Codex
Qwen3 Coder Next
Available providers and their performance metrics
GPT-5 Codex
Qwen3 Coder Next
GPT-5 Codex
Qwen3 Coder Next