OpenAI: o3
OpenAI's o3 is a strong reasoning and coding model with impressive math and agentic benchmark scores, vision support, and a 200K context window — making it a solid choice for complex analytical and technical workflows. While it sits below the current top-tier models in overall intelligence rankings, it remains a highly capable option from a trusted provider at a competitive price point.
Assessment date: March 14, 2026
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o3 is a well-rounded and powerful model across domains. It sets a new standard for math, science, coding, and visual reasoning tasks. It also excels at technical writing and instruction-following. Use it to think through multi-step problems that involve analysis across text, code, and images.
Capabilities
Architecture
| Modality | Text + Image + File → Text |
| Tokenizer | GPT |
Performance Indices
Source: Artificial Analysis
Benchmark Scores
Evaluations
Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face
Model Information
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $2.00 | $0.002000 |
| Output | $8.00 | $0.008000 |
Live Performance
Live endpoint metrics — refreshed every 30 minutes.
External Resources
Data sourced from OpenRouter API, Artificial Analysis and Hugging Face Open LLM Leaderboard. Scores are editorially curated by our team.
Last updated: March 15, 2026 7:52 pm