OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat

openai · Released Mar 3, 2026
DFO score #245 / 703
15.6 leaderboard score
Speed
– Not reported
Input Price #580 / 703
$1.75 per 1M tokens
Output Price #644 / 703
$14.00 per 1M tokens
Context #440 / 703
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

OpenAI's GPT-5.3 Chat is listed with a 128K context window, image and file input, vision, and support for tools and function calling. These features make it a plausible fit for conversational workflows that need to work with documents or call external services. The supplied record does not include benchmark results for this specific variant, so its reasoning, coding, and tool-use reliability remain unverified.

Its listed input and output rates are $1.75 and $14. That price makes it important to establish quality before choosing it for routine traffic, particularly when cheaper alternatives are available. Teams should compare it with measured models on actual content, document, and tool-use tasks before deployment. Treat it as an evaluation candidate rather than a proven upgrade, and avoid assigning it critical client work without a reliability test.

Assessed September 23, 2026

Editorial notes

GPT-5.3 Chat lists vision, file input, tools, and function calling, but no benchmark results for this variant are provided. Its 128K context and listed rates support evaluation, not an assumed production advantage.

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DFO Verdict

GPT-5.3 Chat lists vision, file input, tools, and function calling, but no benchmark results for this variant are provided. Its 128K context and listed rates support evaluation, not an assumed production advantage.

#245 of 703 overall Down 5 this week

How OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat compares

Its 128K-token context window is larger than 37% of the models we list. At $1.75 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 17% of comparable models.

Position in the field
DFO score: ahead of 66% of models #241
Price: cheaper than 17% of models #580
Context: larger than 37% of models #440
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat $1.75 in $14.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $4.00 in $20.00 out
Google: Gemini 4 Argon $2.00 in $10.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out

Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.

Context window vs peers · tokens

1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.

Pricing

Token Type Cost per 1M tokens Cost per 1K tokens
Input $1.75 $0.001750
Output $14.00 $0.014000

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A website chatbot handling around 100 customer conversations a day, a few short messages each.

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One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
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$19.53/mo OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat $0.0065 per request
$31.68/mo Anthropic: Claude Opus 5.5 $0.01 per request
$7.92/mo Google: Gemini 4 Argon (batch) · best value $0.0026 per request

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About OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat

GPT-5.3 Chat is an update to ChatGPT's most-used model that makes everyday conversations smoother, more useful, and more directly helpful. It delivers more accurate answers with better contextualization and significantly..

Frequently asked questions about OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat

How much does OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat cost?

OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat costs $1.75 per million input tokens and $14.00 per million output tokens.

What is the context window of OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat?

OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat has a context window of 128,000 tokens (128K).

What can OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat do?

OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat supports image/vision input, tool use, and function calling.

Who created OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat?

OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat is developed by OpenAI and was released on March 3, 2026.

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