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GPT-5vsGrok 4.3
GPT-5 leads 3 of 5 shared benchmarks. Grok 4.3 is 3x cheaper per token. Grok 4.3 has the larger context window (1M tokens).
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
3 – 2
GPT-5 leads
Cheaper per token
Grok 4.3
3x cheaper, input + output
Larger context
Grok 4.3
1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
94.2446% · —
OpenAI · xAI
GPT-5
OpenAI · released 2025-08-07
textvision
Quality
Benchmark matrix
5 shared · 3 only GPT-5 · 1 only Grok 4.3| Benchmark | GPT-5 | Grok 4.3 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 5 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 86.2% ↗epoch | 88.8% ↗epoch | -2.6 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 22% ↗epoch | 14.6% ↗epoch | +7.4 pt | GPT-5 |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 v2 (Epoch AI run) | 55.4% ↗epoch | 42.8% ↗epoch | +12.6 pt | GPT-5 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 91.4% ↗epoch | 93.3% ↗epoch | -1.9 pt | Grok 4.3 |
| SimpleQA Verified | 50.1% ↗epoch | 33.2% ↗epoch | +16.9 pt | GPT-5 |
| Only GPT-5 reports · 3 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | 74.9% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| AIME 2025 | 94.6% ↗ | not reported | — | — |
| SWE-bench Verified (Epoch AI run) | 73.6% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only Grok 4.3 reports · 1 | ||||
| LMArena Elo | not reported | 1397.7 ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is GPT-5 minus Grok 4.3 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | GPT-5 | Grok 4.3 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 400K tokens | 1M tokens | Grok 4.3 |
| Max output | 128K tokens | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $1.25 ↗ | $1.25 ↗ | Tie |
| Output price / 1M | $10 ↗ | $2.5 ↗ | Grok 4.3 |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.125 ↗ | $0.2 ↗ | GPT-5 |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $11.25 | $3.75 | Grok 4.3 |
| Modalities | text · vision | text · vision | Tie |
| Released | 2025-08-07 | — | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 9 | 6 | — |
Reliability
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