GPT-5-Codex

Coding-optimized GPT model for repository edits, reviews, and agentic software work

Strongest at
Science
Better than 20% of the past year's models · one benchmark so far
Context window
400K
tokens in · 128K out

Capability profile

Where it lands among 91 models released in the past year. 50 is the average model.

This modelEvery model from the past year
Coding
No results yet
Writing
No results yet
Reading & documents
No results yet
Reasoning
No results yet
Math
No results yet
Science
56Better than 20% · 1 test
Visual reasoning
No results yet
Computer use
No results yet
Where these scores come from

Each capability combines the published benchmarks listed here, rescaled so 50 is the reference average and 15 points is one standard deviation. A hollow marker rests on a single benchmark.

The GPT-5.3 Codex line

4 releases in the GPT-5.3 Codex line.

A newer release is out: GPT-5.3 Codex.

Epoch benchmark boards

Best result on each board it has run. The tick marks the leader.

WeirdML
54%#44 of 141
Terminal Bench
44%#26 of 50

OpenAI's past year

24 release days in the past year, about one every 15 days. The next is expected around Nov 8, 2026. Forecasts ↗

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Specifications

RELEASE DATESep 15, 2025
WEIGHTSClosed weights
CONTEXT WINDOW400K
MAX OUTPUT128K
REASONINGNot listed
TOOL CALLINGNot listed
INPUTStext, image/jpeg, image/png, image/gif, image/webp
OUTPUTStext

Models.dev record ↗

Specifications and prices from Models.dev; availability and limits may differ by provider. Benchmarks from Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0), LiveBench and the other sources named above.