Model comparison

GPT-5.3 Codex vs Llama 3.2 1B

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 68× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 1 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.8

Rank #69 Reported

Llama 3.2 1B Meta

20.1

Rank #354 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 1 benchmark with published results for both. GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher in 2 categories and Llama 3.2 1B in 0 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in agentic & tool use, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 48.0 to 14.6.
  • Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper at $0.027 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Codex.
  • GPT-5.3 Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 60K.
  • Llama 3.2 1B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.3 Codex and Llama 3.2 1B specifications
GPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index45.820.1
Released2026-02-052024-09-24
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K60K
Max output128K54K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$0.027
Output $ / M tokens$14$0.20
Results tracked822

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.3 Codex leads

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.6 (#56), Llama 3.2 1B: 21.1 (#338)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
SWE-bench Verified74.8%—
LMArena WebDev1409—
WeirdML79.3%—
BigCodeBench Instruct—8.2%
LMArena Coding—1070
BigCodeBench Complete—11.3%
ALE-Bench1,655—

Agentic & Tool Use GPT-5.3 Codex leads

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.0 (#9), Llama 3.2 1B: 14.6 (#150)

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
Terminal-Bench78.4%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard—10.8%
BALROG—6.6%
METR Time Horizons74.5%—
Vending-Bench 25,940—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 16.2 (#308)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
Epoch Capabilities Index156.77101.99
Chess Puzzles—0%
LMArena Hard Prompts—1044

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 10.4 (#313)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025—0.6%
LMArena Math—1086

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 7.2 (#312)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
GPQA Diamond—23.9%
LMArena Expert—1007

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 23.8 (#292)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Non-English—973
LMArena Chinese—959
LMArena German—1014
LMArena Russian—941

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 52.4 (#290)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Instruction Following—1031

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 31.9 (#274)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Longer Query—1050

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Llama 3.2 1B: 21.3 (#310)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLlama 3.2 1B
LMArena Text—1055
LMArena Creative Writing—1033
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—200
LMArena Multi-Turn—1030

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.3 Codex better than Llama 3.2 1B?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 20.1 on the Noometry Index. Llama 3.2 1B costs 68× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Which is cheaper, GPT-5.3 Codex or Llama 3.2 1B?

Llama 3.2 1B is cheaper. It lists at $0.027 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is GPT-5.3 Codex or Llama 3.2 1B better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 21.1 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.3 Codex does, with 400K tokens against 60K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Codex and Llama 3.2 1B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Codex has 8 scored results on Noometry and Llama 3.2 1B has 22.

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