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GPT-5.3-Codex vs GPT-5.4

Side by side · benchmarks, pricing, and signals you can act on.

Winner summary

GPT-5.4 wins 6 of 7 shared benchmarks. Leads in speed · agentic · knowledge.

Category leads
speed·GPT-5.4agentic·GPT-5.4knowledge·GPT-5.4coding·GPT-5.4
Hype vs Reality
GPT-5.3-Codex
#86 by perf·no signal
QUIET
GPT-5.4
#46 by perf·no signal
QUIET
Best value
1.0x better value than GPT-5.3-Codex
GPT-5.3-Codex
6.6 pts/$
$7.88/M
GPT-5.4
6.7 pts/$
$8.75/M
Vendor risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
OpenAI logo
OpenAI
$840.0B·Tier 1
Medium risk
Head to head
GPT-5.3-CodexGPT-5.4
Artificial Analysis · Agentic Index
GPT-5.4 leads by +7.2
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
GPT-5.4
69.4
Artificial Analysis · Coding Index
GPT-5.4 leads by +4.1
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
GPT-5.4
57.3
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
GPT-5.4 leads by +3.2
GPT-5.3-Codex
54.0
GPT-5.4
57.2
APEX-Agents
GPT-5.4 leads by +4.2
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
GPT-5.4
35.9
PostTrainBench
GPT-5.4 leads by +2.5
GPT-5.3-Codex
17.8
GPT-5.4
20.2
SWE-Bench verified
GPT-5.4 leads by +2.1
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
GPT-5.4
76.9
WeirdML
GPT-5.3-Codex leads by +21.9
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
GPT-5.3-Codex
79.3
GPT-5.4
57.4
Full benchmark table
BenchmarkGPT-5.3-CodexGPT-5.4
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?"
62.269.4
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.
53.157.3
Artificial Analysis · Quality Index
54.057.2
APEX-Agents
APEX-Agents · evaluates AI agents on complex, multi-step tasks requiring planning, tool use, and autonomous decision-making in realistic environments.
31.735.9
PostTrainBench
17.820.2
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.
74.876.9
WeirdML
WeirdML · tests models on unusual and adversarial machine learning tasks that require creative problem-solving beyond standard patterns.
79.357.4
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
OpenAI logoGPT-5.4$2.50$15.001.1M tokens (~525 books)$56.25