GPT-5.3-Codex

by OpenAI

Zero data retention
openai/gpt-5.3-codex
Input
$2.45/1M tokens
Output
$19.60/1M tokens
Context
400Ktokens
Max output
128Ktokens
Knows to
-
Released
24 Feb 2026

About

GPT-5.3-Codex is OpenAI’s most advanced agentic coding model, combining the frontier software engineering performance of GPT-5.2-Codex with the broader reasoning and professional knowledge capabilities of GPT-5.2.

Pricing

Input$2.45per 1M prompt tokens
Output$19.60per 1M generated tokens, reasoning included
Cached input$0.24per 1M tokens read back from the prompt cache
Web search$0.014per request that uses the provider’s built-in search

What a request costs

Typical requestEachPer 1,000
Short chat reply1,500 in · 400 out$0.012$11.51
Question over a long document40,000 in · 800 out$0.114$113.68
Agent tool step20,000 in · 1,200 out$0.073$72.52

At the developer-API rate, before any provider promotion or prompt-cache saving. In the app, the model picker shows what a message costs on your plan before you send it.

Benchmarks

Intelligence32.5#79 of 285

Head-to-head rankings

  1. #27Godot gamesAgent arenaElo 112445% wins
  2. #30Android appsAgent arenaElo 108435% wins
  3. #40Web appsAgent arenaElo 102637% wins
  4. #41ASCII artModel arenaElo 115451% wins
  5. #42Full stackAgent arenaElo 98337% wins
  6. #44Mobile appsAgent arenaElo 105141% wins
  7. #54SVGModel arenaElo 112754% wins
  8. #68Game devModel arenaElo 116451% wins
  9. #73Data vizModel arenaElo 116551% wins
  10. #80WebsitesModel arenaElo 116449% wins

Scores from Artificial Analysis; bars are scaled to the best model on our list. Rankings from Design Arena head-to-head votes. Published by OpenRouter alongside its catalogue.

Call it from code

OpenAI-compatible: point any OpenAI SDK at https://api.privateer.pro/v1 and set model. Keys are created in the app under Settings.

cURL
curl https://api.privateer.pro/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PRIVATEER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "openai/gpt-5.3-codex",
    "messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Hello" }],
    "reasoning": { "effort": "medium" }
  }'
Python
import os
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
    api_key=os.environ["PRIVATEER_API_KEY"],
)
reply = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="openai/gpt-5.3-codex",
    messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}],
)
print(reply.choices[0].message.content)
JavaScript
import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  baseURL: "https://api.privateer.pro/v1",
  apiKey: process.env.PRIVATEER_API_KEY,
});
const reply = await client.chat.completions.create({
  model: "openai/gpt-5.3-codex",
  messages: [{ role: "user", content: "Hello" }],
});
console.log(reply.choices[0].message.content);

Parameters this model accepts

include_reasoningmax_completion_tokensmax_tokensreasoningreasoning_effortresponse_formatseedstructured_outputstool_choicetoolsverbosity

API reference → · How API billing works →

Prices are USD at the developer-API rate, as of 16 Oct 2026, rebuilt daily from the providers’ live catalogues. ← All models