Model comparison

GPT-5-Codex vs Step 1o Turbo 202506

Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5-Codex OpenAI

37.9

Rank #192 Reported

Step 1o Turbo 202506 StepFun

39.7

Rank #160 Confirmed

Summary

  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where GPT-5-Codex leads 30.9 to 26.8.

Side by side

GPT-5-Codex and Step 1o Turbo 202506 specifications
GPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
ProviderOpenAIStepFun
Noometry Index37.939.7
Released2025-09-15—
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.25—
Output $ / M tokens$10—
Results tracked314

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 42.4 (#103), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 39.2 (#160)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
WeirdML54.5%—
LMArena Coding—1339

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: 31.0 (#72), Step 1o Turbo 202506: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
Terminal-Bench44.3%—

Reasoning GPT-5-Codex leads

GPT-5-Codex: 30.9 (#83), Step 1o Turbo 202506: 26.8 (#129)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
Kagi LLM Benchmark70.3%—
LMArena Hard Prompts—1335

Math Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.6 (#164)

Math benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Math—1318

Knowledge Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#176)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Expert—1308

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 36.1 (#80)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Vision—1186

Multilingual Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 45.3 (#173)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Non-English—1313
LMArena Chinese—1380
LMArena German—1314
LMArena Russian—1327

Instruction Following Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 69.2 (#176)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Instruction Following—1310

Long Context Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 41.0 (#146)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Longer Query—1348

Writing & Preference Not comparable

GPT-5-Codex: —, Step 1o Turbo 202506: 53.1 (#160)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5-CodexStep 1o Turbo 202506
LMArena Text—1336
LMArena Creative Writing—1307
LMArena Multi-Turn—1340

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5-Codex better than Step 1o Turbo 202506?

Step 1o Turbo 202506 is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.7 to 37.9 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5-Codex or Step 1o Turbo 202506 better for coding?

GPT-5-Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks: 42.4 versus 39.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5-Codex and Step 1o Turbo 202506 share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5-Codex has 3 scored results on Noometry and Step 1o Turbo 202506 has 14.

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