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GPT-5.3 Codex vs LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5.3 Codex wins:

  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision
  • Has reasoning mode
  • Supports tool calls

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Better at math
Price Advantage
LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.3 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5.3 Codex
Speed
GPT-5.3 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Price Comparison

MetricGPT-5.3 CodexLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.75$0.01 LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
Output (per 1M tokens)$14.00$0.02 LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.17N/A GPT-5.3 Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B is 100% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.3 Codex Providers

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LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5.3 Codex Wins
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LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
54.07.0
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
53.12.3
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-25.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-50.5-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
91.534.4
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-15.1-
GPT-5.3 Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5.3 Codex
400,000
tokens
LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
32,768
tokens
GPT-5.3 Codex has a 92% larger context window.

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.3 CodexLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1BWinner
Tokens/second63.8 tok/s0.0 tok/s
Time to First Token83.49s0.00s
GPT-5.3 Codex responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.3 CodexLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.3 CodexLiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAILiquid
ReleasedFeb 2026Oct 2025

GPT-5.3 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B Modalities

Input
text
Output
text

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Frequently Asked Questions

LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B has cheaper input pricing at $0.01/M tokens. LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B has cheaper output pricing at $0.02/M tokens.
GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 53.1, compared to LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B's score of 2.3.
GPT-5.3 Codex has a 400,000 token context window, while LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B has a 32,768 token context window.
GPT-5.3 Codex supports vision. LiquidAI/LFM2-8B-A1B does not support vision.