OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat

OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat

openai · Released Mar 3, 2026
Intelligence #309 / 756
33.2 our score
Speed
Not reported
Input Price #647 / 798
$1.75 per 1M tokens
Output Price #718 / 798
$14.00 per 1M tokens
Context #529 / 798
128,000 tokens

Analysis Summary

GPT-5.3 Chat is an OpenAI conversational model with vision, file handling, tool use, function calling, and a 128K context window. The feature set is well suited to content workflows, customer support, document questions, and structured chat experiences.

Its pricing is practical for regular usage, and the multimodal interface allows teams to process more than plain text. However, no benchmark results are supplied for this variant, so its reasoning, coding, instruction-following, and agentic reliability cannot be compared directly with measured alternatives. That uncertainty matters for autonomous or high-stakes client workflows.

It is a sensible candidate for supervised chat and content applications where deployment simplicity matters. For complex automation or software engineering, use a benchmarked model such as GPT-5.4 instead.

Assessed September 7, 2026

Editorial notes

GPT-5.3 Chat offers vision, file input, tool use, function calling, and a 128K context at moderate pricing. It has no supplied benchmark data, so it is better treated as a capable conversational option than a verified flagship.

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DFO Verdict

GPT-5.3 Chat offers vision, file input, tool use, function calling, and a 128K context at moderate pricing. It has no supplied benchmark data, so it is better treated as a capable conversational option than a verified flagship.

#309 of 756 overall

How OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat compares

Its 128K-token context window is larger than 34% of the models we list. At $1.75 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 19% of comparable models.

Position in the field
Intelligence: smarter than 59% of models #309
Price: cheaper than 19% of models #647
Context: larger than 34% of models #529
worst in fieldmedianbest in field
Price vs frontier peers · $ per 1M tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat $1.75 in $14.00 out
OpenAI: GPT-6 Astra $10.00 in $50.00 out
Anthropic: Claude Fable 5.1 $10.00 in $50.00 out
Claude Opus 5 $5.00 in $25.00 out

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

Context window vs peers · tokens
OpenAI: GPT-5.3 Chat 128K

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

Intelligence0Technical0Value6.3Content8.2
Performance profile

Strongest on content. The pulled-in technical corner is the trade-off, and if the shape matters more than the price, this is your model.

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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.

3,000
One request is one message, email, draft or automation call.
1,200 tokens

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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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