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GPT-5.3 Codex vs Qwen2 1.5B Instruct

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

Qwen2 1.5B Instruct wins:

  • Cheaper input tokens
  • Cheaper output tokens
Price Advantage
Qwen2 1.5B Instruct
Benchmark Advantage
GPT-5.3 Codex
Context Window
GPT-5.3 Codex
Speed
GPT-5.3 Codex

Pricing Comparison

Benchmark Comparison

Context & Performance

Capabilities

Feature Comparison

FeatureGPT-5.3 CodexQwen2 1.5B Instruct
Vision (Image Input)
Tool/Function Calls
Reasoning Mode
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Prompt Caching
Web Search

License & Release

PropertyGPT-5.3 CodexQwen2 1.5B Instruct
LicenseProprietaryOpen Source
AuthorOpenAIQwen
ReleasedFeb 2026Unknown

GPT-5.3 Codex Modalities

Input
textimage
Output
text

Qwen2 1.5B Instruct Modalities

Input
Output

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Frequently Asked Questions

Qwen2 1.5B Instruct has cheaper input pricing at $0.02/M tokens. Qwen2 1.5B Instruct 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 Qwen2 1.5B Instruct's score of N/A.
GPT-5.3 Codex has a 400,000 token context window, while Qwen2 1.5B Instruct has a unknown token context window.
GPT-5.3 Codex supports vision. Qwen2 1.5B Instruct does not support vision.

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