Noometry

Model comparison

GPT-5.3 Codex vs Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 3.9× less per token, which makes it the better buy when GPT-5.3 Codex's lead doesn't matter for your workload.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.3 Codex OpenAI

45.8

Rank #69 Reported

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B Alibaba (Qwen)

43.2

Rank #95 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in coding, where GPT-5.3 Codex leads 48.6 to 42.4.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper at $0.70 / $2.80 per million input/output tokens, against $1.75 / $14 for GPT-5.3 Codex.
  • GPT-5.3 Codex accepts more context: 400K tokens versus 131K.
  • Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
ProviderOpenAIAlibaba (Qwen)
Noometry Index45.843.2
Released2026-02-052025-04
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K131K
Max output128K33K
Input $ / M tokens$1.75$0.70
Output $ / M tokens$14$2.80
Results tracked818

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.3 Codex leads

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.6 (#56), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 42.4 (#100)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
SWE-bench Verified74.8%—
LMArena WebDev1409—
WeirdML79.3%—
LMArena Coding—1439
ALE-Bench1,655—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: 48.0 (#9), Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: —

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
Terminal-Bench78.4%—
METR Time Horizons74.5%—
Vending-Bench 25,940—

Reasoning Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 29.3 (#92)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Hard Prompts—1428
Epoch Capabilities Index156.77—

Math Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.0 (#118)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Math—1426

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 40.3 (#121)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Expert—1442

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 39.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Vision—1247

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 51.9 (#97)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Non-English—1405
LMArena Chinese—1463
LMArena French—1452
LMArena German—1424
LMArena Japanese—1385
LMArena Korean—1394
LMArena Russian—1408
LMArena Spanish—1428

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 74.2 (#101)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Instruction Following—1406

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 43.4 (#98)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Longer Query—1420

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5.3 Codex: —, Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B: 60.2 (#99)

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexQwen3-VL 235B-A22B
LMArena Text—1420
LMArena Creative Writing—1366
LMArena Multi-Turn—1428

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.3 Codex better than Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

GPT-5.3 Codex is the stronger model overall, scoring 45.8 to 43.2 on the Noometry Index. Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B costs 3.9× 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 Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B?

Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B is cheaper. It lists at $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; GPT-5.3 Codex lists at $1.75 and $14.

Is GPT-5.3 Codex or Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B better for coding?

GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 42.4 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

GPT-5.3 Codex does, with 400K tokens against 131K.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.3 Codex and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.3 Codex has 8 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3-VL 235B-A22B has 18.

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