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o3 vs GPT-5
A detailed comparison of o3 (OpenAI) and GPT-5 (OpenAI) across pricing, performance, and features.
Pricing Comparison
| Metric | o3 | GPT-5 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Input / 1M tokens | $0.40 | $1.25 | +213% |
| Output / 1M tokens | $1.60 | $10.00 | +525% |
| Context window | 200K | 128K | — |
| Max output | 100K | 16.384K | — |
Benchmark Comparison
| Benchmark | o3 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 87% | 88.5% |
| HumanEval | 94.5% | 95% |
| GPQA | 79.2% | 73.5% |
Capabilities
| Capability | o3 | GPT-5 |
|---|---|---|
| audio | ✗ | ✓ |
| code | ✓ | ✓ |
| reasoning | ✓ | ✓ |
| text | ✓ | ✓ |
| tool-use | ✓ | ✓ |
| vision | ✓ | ✓ |
o3 Strengths
- ✓Recently repriced — now very cheap
- ✓Excellent logical reasoning
- ✓200K context window
o3 Weaknesses
- ✗Slower due to reasoning overhead
- ✗Overkill for simple tasks
GPT-5 Strengths
- ✓Strong all-around performance
- ✓Good price for flagship tier
- ✓Multimodal including audio
GPT-5 Weaknesses
- ✗128K context vs 200K+ for newer models
- ✗Codex variants better for pure coding
Quick Verdict
Best value: o3 is the more affordable option at $0.4/$1.6 per 1M tokens.
Higher benchmarks: o3 scores higher on average across available benchmarks (86.9% avg).
Larger context: o3 supports 200K tokens.
Choose o3 if cost matters most. Choose GPT-5 if you need the best possible quality for complex tasks.