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Claude 2 vs GPT-5.3 Codex

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

Claude 2 wins:

  • No clear advantages in compared metrics

GPT-5.3 Codex wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
Price Advantage
GPT-5.3 Codex
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.3 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5.3 Codex
Speed
GPT-5.3 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricClaude 2GPT-5.3 CodexWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$8.00$1.75 GPT-5.3 Codex
Output (per 1M tokens)$24.00$14.00 GPT-5.3 Codex
Cache Read (per 1M)N/A$0.17 GPT-5.3 Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, GPT-5.3 Codex is 60% cheaper overall.

Claude 2 Providers

No provider data available

GPT-5.3 Codex Providers

No provider data available

Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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Claude 2 Wins
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GPT-5.3 Codex Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkClaude 2GPT-5.3 CodexWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
9.154.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
12.953.1
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
48.6--
GPQA
Graduate-level science
34.491.5
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
17.1--
AIME
Competition math
0.0--
GPT-5.3 Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Claude 2
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Context & Performance

Context Window

Claude 2
N/A
tokens
GPT-5.3 Codex
400,000
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricClaude 2GPT-5.3 CodexWinner
Tokens/second0.0 tok/s68.3 tok/s
Time to First Token0.00s81.66s
GPT-5.3 Codex responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureClaude 2GPT-5.3 Codex
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyClaude 2GPT-5.3 Codex
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorAnthropicOpenAI
ReleasedUnknownFeb 2026

Claude 2 Modalities

Input
Output

GPT-5.3 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5.3 Codex has cheaper input pricing at $1.75/M tokens. GPT-5.3 Codex has cheaper output pricing at $14.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 53.1, compared to Claude 2's score of 12.9.
Claude 2 has a unknown token context window, while GPT-5.3 Codex has a 400,000 token context window.
Claude 2 does not support vision. GPT-5.3 Codex supports vision.
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