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GPT-5.3-Codex vs Claude Sonnet 4.6

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Winner summary

GPT-5.3-Codex wins 6 of 9 shared benchmarks. Leads in agentic · knowledge · coding.

Category leads
speed·Claude Sonnet 4.6agentic·GPT-5.3-Codexknowledge·GPT-5.3-Codexcoding·GPT-5.3-Codex
Hype vs Reality
GPT-5.3-Codex
#101 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Claude Sonnet 4.6
#128 by perf·#18 by attention
UNDERRATED
Best value
1.2x better value than Claude Sonnet 4.6
GPT-5.3-Codex
6.7 pts/$
$7.88/M
Claude Sonnet 4.6
5.3 pts/$
$9.00/M
Vendor risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Anthropic logo
Anthropic
$380.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
GPT-5.3-CodexClaude Sonnet 4.6
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +21.4
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
GPT-5.3-Codex
62.2
Claude Sonnet 4.6
40.8
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +9.9
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
GPT-5.3-Codex
53.1
Claude Sonnet 4.6
63.0
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +2.9
GPT-5.3-Codex
44.3
Claude Sonnet 4.6
47.2
APEX-Agents
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +8.0
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
GPT-5.3-Codex
31.7
Claude Sonnet 4.6
23.7
PostTrainBench
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +1.3
GPT-5.3-Codex
17.8
Claude Sonnet 4.6
16.4
SWE Atlas · Codebase QnA
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +1.4
GPT-5.3-Codex
32.6
Claude Sonnet 4.6
31.2
SWE-Bench verified
Claude Sonnet 4.6 leads by +0.4
SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability.
GPT-5.3-Codex
74.8
Claude Sonnet 4.6
75.2
Terminal Bench
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +25.0
Terminal-Bench 2.0 · evaluates AI agents on real terminal-based coding tasks · writing scripts, debugging, running tests, and managing projects entirely through command-line interaction. Tests both code quality and terminal fluency. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 69.4%, demonstrating significant agentic terminal competence.
GPT-5.3-Codex
78.4
Claude Sonnet 4.6
53.4
WeirdML
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +13.2
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GPT-5.3-Codex
79.3
Claude Sonnet 4.6
66.1
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGPT-5.3-CodexClaude Sonnet 4.6
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
Artificial Analysis Agentic Index · a composite score measuring how well a model performs in agentic workflows · multi-step tool use, planning, error recovery, and autonomous task completion. Aggregates results from multiple agentic benchmarks including SWE-bench, tool-use tests, and planning evaluations. The canonical single-number metric for "how good is this model as an agent?"
62.240.8
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
Artificial Analysis Coding Index · a composite score that aggregates performance across multiple coding benchmarks into a single index. Tracks code generation quality, debugging ability, multi-language competence, and real-world software engineering tasks. Used by Artificial Analysis to rank model coding capability in a normalized, comparable format. Useful for developers choosing between models for coding-heavy workloads.
53.163.0
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
44.347.2
APEX-Agents
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
31.723.7
PostTrainBench
17.816.4
SWE Atlas · Codebase QnA
32.631.2
SWE-Bench verified
SWE-bench Verified · 500 human-validated tasks from 12 real Python repositories (Django, Flask, scikit-learn, sympy, and others). Each task requires the model to produce a git patch that resolves a real GitHub issue and passes the test suite. The verified subset eliminates ambiguous tasks from the original SWE-bench. Claude Mythos Preview leads at 93.9%, crossing 90% for the first time in 2026. Opus 4.6 scores 80.8%. The benchmark remains the most-cited evaluation for code-generation capability.
74.875.2
Terminal Bench
Terminal-Bench 2.0 · evaluates AI agents on real terminal-based coding tasks · writing scripts, debugging, running tests, and managing projects entirely through command-line interaction. Tests both code quality and terminal fluency. Claude Opus 4.7 scores 69.4%, demonstrating significant agentic terminal competence.
78.453.4
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
79.366.1
Pricing · per 1M tokens · projected $/mo at 10M tokens
ModelInputOutputContextProjected $/mo
OpenAI logoGPT-5.3-Codex$1.75$14.00400K tokens (~200 books)$48.13
Anthropic logoClaude Sonnet 4.6$3.00$15.001.0M tokens (~500 books)$60.00
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