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GPT-5.3 Codex vs Magistral Medium

A detailed comparison of pricing, benchmarks, and capabilities

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Key Takeaways

GPT-5.3 Codex wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Larger context window
  • Faster response time
  • Higher intelligence benchmark
  • Better at coding
  • Supports vision

Magistral Medium wins:

  • Cheaper output tokens
  • Better at math
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

MetricGPT-5.3 CodexMagistral MediumWinner
Input (per 1M tokens)$1.75$2.00 GPT-5.3 Codex
Output (per 1M tokens)$14.00$5.00 Magistral Medium
Cache Read (per 1M)$0.17N/A GPT-5.3 Codex
Using a 3:1 input/output ratio, Magistral Medium is 43% cheaper overall.

GPT-5.3 Codex Providers

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Magistral Medium Providers

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Benchmark Comparison

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Benchmarks Compared
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GPT-5.3 Codex Wins
0
Magistral Medium Wins

Benchmark Scores

BenchmarkGPT-5.3 CodexMagistral MediumWinner
Intelligence Index
Overall intelligence score
54.018.8
Coding Index
Code generation & understanding
53.116.0
Math Index
Mathematical reasoning
-40.3-
MMLU Pro
Academic knowledge
-75.3-
GPQA
Graduate-level science
91.567.9
LiveCodeBench
Competitive programming
-52.7-
AIME
Competition math
-70.0-
GPT-5.3 Codex significantly outperforms in coding benchmarks.

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Context & Performance

Context Window

GPT-5.3 Codex
400,000
tokens
Magistral Medium
N/A
tokens

Speed Performance

MetricGPT-5.3 CodexMagistral MediumWinner
Tokens/second68.3 tok/s0.0 tok/s
Time to First Token81.66s0.00s
GPT-5.3 Codex responds Infinity% faster on average.

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.3 CodexMagistral Medium
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.3 CodexMagistral Medium
LicenseProprietaryProprietary
AuthorOpenAIMistral AI
ReleasedFeb 2026Unknown

GPT-5.3 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Magistral Medium Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

GPT-5.3 Codex has cheaper input pricing at $1.75/M tokens. Magistral Medium has cheaper output pricing at $5.00/M tokens.
GPT-5.3 Codex scores higher on coding benchmarks with a score of 53.1, compared to Magistral Medium's score of 16.0.
GPT-5.3 Codex has a 400,000 token context window, while Magistral Medium has a unknown token context window.
GPT-5.3 Codex supports vision. Magistral Medium does not support vision.
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