OpenAI, proprietary

GPT-5.3 Chat

GPT-5.3 Chat by OpenAI ranks 109th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 42.8. Its strongest category is writing & preference, where it ranks 68th. API pricing starts at $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens, with a 128K-token context window.

Last verified

Specifications

Noometry rank
#109 of 354
Index score
42.8
Evidence
Confirmed 18 results
Provider
OpenAI
Released
March 3, 2026
Weights
Proprietary
Reasoning
No
Context window
128K
Max output
16K
Input price
$1.75 / M
Output price
$14 / M
Blended price
$4.81 / M
Output speed
Not measured
Value
#188 of 219
Knowledge cutoff
August 2025
Input
text, image

Category scores

Each category score combines every public result we have in that category.

GPT-5.3 Chat category scores
  1. Coding 41.4
  2. Reasoning 28.5
  3. Math 38.2
  4. Knowledge 38.8
  5. Multilingual 50.3
  6. Instruction Following 72.8
  7. Long Context 42.6
  8. Writing & Preference 63.1
GPT-5.3 Chat category ranks
CategoryScoreRankResults
Coding41.4#1241
Reasoning28.5#1021
Math38.2#1421
Knowledge38.8#1401
Multilingual50.3#1241
Instruction Following72.8#1291
Long Context42.6#1201
Writing & Preference63.1#684

Strengths and weaknesses

Categories where GPT-5.3 Chat places highest and lowest among the models ranked in each, with its score against that category's median.

Strongest categories

GPT-5.3 Chat: strongest categories
CategoryScorevs medianRank
Writing & Preference63.1+9.3#68 of 312, top 22%
Reasoning28.5+4.9#102 of 350, top 30%
Coding41.4+2.7#124 of 340, top 37%

Weakest categories

GPT-5.3 Chat: weakest categories
CategoryScorevs medianRank
Knowledge38.8+1.5#140 of 314, top 45%
Math38.2+1.6#142 of 327, top 44%
Instruction Following72.8+1.5#129 of 305, top 43%

Closest competitors

The models ranked just above and below GPT-5.3 Chat. When scores are this close, price and speed are often the better way to choose.

Models ranked closest to GPT-5.3 Chat
ModelRankScoreBlended $/MSpeed
o3-pro#10542.9$351Compare
Qwen3.5 Plus#10642.9$0.90—Compare
Amazon Nova Experimental Chat 26 01 10#10742.8——Compare
DeepSeek-V3.1#10842.8$0.42328Compare
GPT-5.5 Instant#11042.7——Compare
GPT-5.2 Codex#11142.6$4.81—Compare
Qwen3.5-Flash#11242.5$0.18—Compare
Nemotron 3 Ultra#11342.5$0.93—Compare

Sponsored placements are available on pages like this one. Advertise on Noometry

Benchmark results

Every published result we track, with its source. Bold rows are the ones used for ranking; where several exist we prefer independent runs over self-reported numbers.

Coding

GPT-5.3 Chat Coding benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Coding1408#131 of 294, top 45%LMArena2026-10-08

Reasoning

GPT-5.3 Chat Reasoning benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Hard Prompts1399#127 of 297, top 43%LMArena2026-10-08

Math

GPT-5.3 Chat Math benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Math1389#137 of 285, top 49%LMArena2026-10-08

Knowledge

GPT-5.3 Chat Knowledge benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Expert1397#125 of 273, top 46%LMArena2026-10-08

Multilingual

GPT-5.3 Chat Multilingual benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Non-English1382#124 of 297, top 42%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Chinese1432#117 of 285, top 42%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena French1397#120 of 223, top 54%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena German1384#107 of 231, top 47%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Japanese1352#96 of 211, top 46%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Korean1346#107 of 213, top 51%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Russian1400#105 of 283, top 38%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Spanish1371#131 of 226, top 58%LMArena2026-10-08

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3 Chat Instruction Following benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Instruction Following1378#123 of 298, top 42%LMArena2026-10-08

Long Context

GPT-5.3 Chat Long Context benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Longer Query1396#120 of 291, top 42%LMArena2026-10-08

Writing & Preference

GPT-5.3 Chat Writing & Preference benchmark results
BenchmarkScorePositionSettingSourceDate
LMArena Text1389#129 of 297, top 44%LMArena2026-10-08
LMArena Creative Writing1355#125 of 295, top 43%LMArena2026-10-08
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1690#32 of 115, top 28%EQ-Bench
LMArena Multi-Turn1412#107 of 295, top 37%LMArena2026-10-08

API pricing by provider

GPT-5.3 Chat API prices
RouteInput $/MOutput $/MCached input $/MChecked
openai$1.75$14$0.172026-10-10

Compare GPT-5.3 Chat

Other OpenAI models

Frequently asked questions

How good is GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.3 Chat by OpenAI ranks 109th of 354 ranked models on the Noometry Index as of October 2026, with a score of 42.8. Its strongest category is writing & preference, where it ranks 68th. API pricing starts at $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens, with a 128K-token context window.

How much does GPT-5.3 Chat cost?

GPT-5.3 Chat costs $1.75 per million input tokens and $14 per million output tokens on OpenAI's own API, with cached input at $0.17.

What is GPT-5.3 Chat's context window?

GPT-5.3 Chat accepts up to 128K tokens of input and can write up to 16K tokens in one response.

Is GPT-5.3 Chat open source?

No. GPT-5.3 Chat is proprietary and available only through OpenAI's API and partner platforms.

What are GPT-5.3 Chat's strengths and weaknesses?

Relative to other ranked models, GPT-5.3 Chat places best in writing & preference, reasoning, coding and lowest in knowledge, math, instruction following.

What is GPT-5.3 Chat best at?

Its best category is writing & preference, where it ranks 68th on Noometry.