GPT-5.3 Codex

gpt-5.3-codex

GPT-5.3-Codex is OpenAI’s agentic coding model for Codex and similar development environments. It combines frontier software engineering performance with broader reasoning and professional knowledge, supports configurable reasoning effort, and is listed with a 400K context window and 128K max output tokens. OpenAI positions it as moving Codex beyond writing and reviewing code toward using computers, running terminal workflows, iterating on web apps, and handling real-world engineering tasks over long horizons.

Context Window

400K tokens

Maximum Output

128K tokens

Release Date

Feb 5, 2026

Modalities

GPT-5.3 Codex Pricing

Input PriceOutput PriceCache Read
$1.75/M$14/M$0.175/M

GPT-5.3 Codex API Capabilities

Reasoning

Supported

Tool calling

Supported

Temperature parameter

Not supported

Attachments

Supported

Knowledge Base

2025-08-31

Endpoint Protocols

Completions API

GPT-5.3-Codex Model Highlights

GPT-5.3-Codex is specialized for agentic software engineering with adjustable reasoning, large code context and image-aware analysis.

Agentic Software Engineering

Is optimized to plan, implement and verify coding tasks across multiple steps in Codex and similar development environments.

Repository-Scale Context

Uses a 400,000-token context window to reason across substantial codebases, specifications and development history.

Visual Development Context

Accepts screenshots and other image inputs so visual defects, interface references and rendered results can inform code changes.

GPT-5.3-Codex Use Cases

GPT-5.3-Codex fits repository-wide implementation, multi-step debugging and software work that uses visual references.

Repository-Wide Implementation

Traces dependencies across files, plans coordinated edits and implements features while respecting existing architecture and conventions.

Multi-Step Debugging

Investigates failures, forms hypotheses, applies fixes and runs relevant checks until the observed behavior is resolved.

Visual Frontend Repair

Compares rendered interfaces with screenshots or design references, identifies discrepancies and updates the implementation.

How to Use GPT-5.3 Codex via the TokenHub API

Create API key
import OpenAI from "openai"

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.TOKENHUB_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://us-api.tokenhub.com/v1",
})

const result = await client.chat.completions.create({})
console.log(result.choices[0]?.message?.content)

GPT-5.3 Codex Benchmarks

GPT-5.3 Codex (xhigh)

Index score
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis broad capability aggregate44.3
Artificial Analysis Coding IndexArtificial Analysis software task aggregate53.1
Knowledge & Reasoning
GPQAAdvanced science problem solving91.5%
HLEBroad expert-level exam set39.9%
Coding & Engineering
SciCodeScientific coding challenges53.2%
Terminal-Bench HardHard terminal task execution53.0%
Instruction Following & Agent Tasks
IFBenchPrompt constraint adherence75.4%
AA-LCRLong-context reasoning74%
τ²-BenchAgent workflow tasks86.0%

Metrics sourced from Artificial Analysis

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GPT-5.3 Codex FAQ

GPT-5.3 Codex: capabilities, use cases, limits, and TokenHub guidance.

What role does GPT-5.3 Codex play?+

GPT-5.3 Codex is a OpenAI model for long-running agentic coding and repository work.

What should I try first with GPT-5.3 Codex?+

Best for repository-scale development, debugging and refactoring and research and synthesis, especially when software-engineering quality is the priority.

Why choose GPT-5.3 Codex?+

Key strength: agentic coding optimized for long-running research and execution.

What tradeoff comes with GPT-5.3 Codex?+

Its coding specialization is less suitable for broad general conversation or multimodal analysis. For broad general or multimodal work is needed, consider GPT-5.5.

How should I start in TokenHub?+

Use the exact ID shown by TokenHub; follow your account docs and verify current features.

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