Model comparison

GPT-5.3 Codex vs Granite 4.0 H Small

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.5

Rank #61 Reported

Granite 4.0 H Small IBM

35.9

Rank #213 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 48.5 to 35.8.
  • Granite 4.0 H Small has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.3 Codex and Granite 4.0 H Small specifications
GPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
ProviderOpenAIIBM
Noometry Index45.535.9
Released2026-02-05—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked819

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.3 Codex leads

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.5 (#51), Granite 4.0 H Small: 35.8 (#207)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
SWE-bench Verified74.8%—
LMArena WebDev1408—
WeirdML79.3%—
LMArena Coding—1247
ALE-Bench1,655—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: 47.8 (#9), Granite 4.0 H Small: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
Terminal-Bench78.4%—
METR Time Horizons74.5%—
Vending-Bench 25,940—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 23.4 (#164)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Hard Prompts—1240
Epoch Capabilities Index156.84—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 29.3 (#219)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
Omni-MATH—29.6%
LMArena Math—1251

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 31.5 (#210)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
MMLU-Pro—56.9%
Vectara Hallucination Rate—5.2%
GPQA (HELM)—38.3%
LMArena Expert—1244

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 38.7 (#223)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Non-English—1216
LMArena Chinese—1250
LMArena Russian—1198
LMArena Spanish—1258

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 68.9 (#178)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
IFEval—89%
LMArena Instruction Following—1221

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 37.6 (#209)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Longer Query—1240

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Granite 4.0 H Small: 44.0 (#222)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexGranite 4.0 H Small
LMArena Text—1241
LMArena Creative Writing—1210
WildBench—73.9%
LMArena Multi-Turn—1243

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.3 Codex better than Granite 4.0 H Small?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.5 to 35.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.3 Codex or Granite 4.0 H Small better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.5 versus 35.8 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Codex and Granite 4.0 H Small share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Codex has 8 scored results on Noometry and Granite 4.0 H Small has 19.

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