Model comparison

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B vs GPT-5.3 Codex

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B Google

29.9

Rank #301 Confirmed

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.8

Rank #69 Reported

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 48.6 to 35.5.

Side by side

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GPT-5.3 Codex specifications
Gemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
ProviderGoogleOpenAI
Noometry Index29.945.8
Released2024-10-032026-02-05
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window—400K
Max output—128K
Input $ / M tokens—$1.75
Output $ / M tokens—$14
Results tracked218

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.3 Codex leads

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 35.5 (#225), GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.6 (#56)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
SWE-bench Verified—74.8%
LMArena WebDev—1409
WeirdML—79.3%
LMArena Coding1218—
ALE-Bench—1,655

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: —, GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.0 (#9)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
Terminal-Bench—78.4%
METR Time Horizons—74.5%
Vending-Bench 2—5,940

Reasoning Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 20.0 (#244), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Hard Prompts1209—
DTBench50%—
Epoch Capabilities Index—156.77

Math Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 14.2 (#302), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-20254.6%—
LMArena Math1207—

Knowledge Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 16.0 (#289), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
GPQA Diamond33%—
LMArena Expert1185—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 28.2 (#115), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Vision1044—

Multilingual Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 38.5 (#229), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Non-English1215—
LMArena Chinese1231—
LMArena French1234—
LMArena German1206—
LMArena Japanese1150—
LMArena Korean1140—
LMArena Russian1236—
LMArena Spanish1212—

Instruction Following Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 62.8 (#236), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Instruction Following1199—

Long Context Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 37.0 (#225), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Longer Query1219—

Writing & Preference Not comparable

Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B: 42.8 (#232), GPT-5.3 Codex: —

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 1.5 Flash 8BGPT-5.3 Codex
LMArena Text1226—
LMArena Creative Writing1218—
LMArena Multi-Turn1185—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B better than GPT-5.3 Codex?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 29.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B or GPT-5.3 Codex better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 35.5 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B and GPT-5.3 Codex share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B has 21 scored results on Noometry and GPT-5.3 Codex has 8.

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