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Vision-language
o3
- Released
- 16 Apr 2025
- Status
- Deprecated
- Retired
- 11 Dec 2026
- Context
- 200K
- Max output
- 100K
- Input per 1M tokens
- $2.00
- Output per 1M tokens
- $8.00
- Open weights
- No
- License
- proprietary
- Parameters
- —
- Knowledge cutoff
- Jun 2024
- Reasoning
- Yes
- Modalities
- text, image → text
Category scores
Out of 100, from independent and third-party results only, by method category-2026-09-29.1.
| Category | Score | Rank | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge & reasoning | 41.7 | 32 | 3 of 4 |
| Coding & software engineering | 45.1 | Not ranked | 2 of 5 |
| Agentic tool use | 45.2 | Not ranked | 1 of 2 |
| Vision & multimodal understanding | 51.0 | 5 | 2 of 3 |
| Factuality & hallucination | 49.4 | 23 | 1 of 1 |
| Human preference | 40.1 | Not ranked | 2 of 5 |
Benchmark results
Every result we hold for this model, with who ran it and where it was published.
Knowledge & reasoning
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 38.0% | Independent | medium | 7 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 34.0% | Independent | high | 7 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Chess Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 27.0% | Independent | low | 15 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
| DTBench (Decision Theory Benchmark) | Accuracy (capability questions) | 84.8% | Third party | high | — | https://conceptualreasoning.ai/dtbench via Epoch AI |
| LMCA (Language Model Conceptual Argumentation) | Correlation with expert ratings (Pearson r) | 0.397 | Third party | high | — | https://conceptualreasoning.ai/lmca via Epoch AI |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 29.0% | Independent | high | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| Mystery Game Puzzles | Puzzles solved | 23.0% | Independent | medium | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| SimpleBench | Score (AVG@5) | 53.1% | Third party | high | — | SimpleBench Leaderboard via Epoch AI |
Scientific reasoning
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 81.8% | Independent | high | 16 Apr 2025 | Epoch AI |
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 80.8% | Independent | medium | 7 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| GPQA Diamond | Accuracy | 79.8% | Independent | low | 15 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
Mathematics
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FrontierMath Tier 4 (v1) | Accuracy | 2.1% | Independent | high | 1 Jul 2025 | Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 | Accuracy | 33.3% | Independent | high | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 | Accuracy | 29.8% | Independent | medium | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 | Accuracy | 19.3% | Independent | low | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v1) | Accuracy | 18.7% | Independent | high | 16 Nov 2025 | Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v1) | Accuracy | 16.9% | Independent | medium | 16 Nov 2025 | Epoch AI |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v1) | Accuracy | 9.7% | Independent | low | 17 Nov 2025 | Epoch AI |
| MATH Level 5 | Accuracy | 97.8% | Independent | high | 16 Apr 2025 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 84.4% | Independent | medium | 7 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 83.9% | Independent | high | 16 Apr 2025 | Epoch AI |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | Accuracy | 60.0% | Independent | low | 15 Jul 2026 | Epoch AI |
Coding & software engineering
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aider Polyglot | Percent correct | 81.3% | Third party | high | — | https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards/ via Epoch AI |
| Aider Polyglot | Percent correct | 76.9% | Third party | unknown | — | https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards/ via Epoch AI |
| Aider Polyglot | Percent correct | 76.9% | Third party | medium | — | Aider LLM Leaderboards via Epoch AI |
| CadEval | Overall pass rate | 74.0% | Third party | medium | — | CadEval Dashboard via Epoch AI |
| GSO | OPT@1 | 8.8% | Third party | high | — | GSO Leaderboard via Epoch AI |
| METR Time Horizons | Average task success (Epoch's column) | 65.4% | Third party | medium | — | METR - Measuring AI Ability to Complete Long Tasks via Epoch AI |
| METR Time Horizons | Average task success (Epoch's column) | 63.6% | Source not stated | unknown | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
| SWE-bench Verified | % resolved | 62.3% | Independent | medium | 12 Feb 2026 | Epoch AI |
| WeirdML (v2) | Average accuracy | 52.4% | Third party | high | — | https://htihle.github.io/weirdml.html via Epoch AI |
Agentic tool use
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Research Bench (FutureSearch) | Average score | 45.2% | Third party | medium | — | https://evals.futuresearch.ai/#drb via Epoch AI |
Computer & browser use
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSWorld-Verified | % tasks completed | 23.0% | Third party | medium | — | OS World Website via Epoch AI |
| OSWorld-Verified | % tasks completed | 17.2% | Third party | medium | — | OS World Website via Epoch AI |
| OSWorld-Verified | % tasks completed | 9.1% | Third party | medium | — | OS World Website via Epoch AI |
Long context
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL-bench | Tasks solved | 17.8% | Source not stated | high | — | Epoch AI via Epoch AI |
| Fiction.LiveBench | % correct at 16K tokens (Epoch's column) | 88.9% | Third party | medium | — | Fiction.live leaderboard via Epoch AI |
Vision & multimodal understanding
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeoBench | Country accuracy | 74.0% | Third party | medium | — | GeoBench leaderboard via Epoch AI |
| GeoBench | Country accuracy | 60.0% | Third party | high | — | GeoBench leaderboard via Epoch AI |
| Visual Physics Comprehension Test (VPCT) | Correct | 52.0% | Third party | medium | — | VPCT leaderboard via Epoch AI |
Factuality & hallucination
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SimpleQA Verified | Accuracy (% correct) | 49.4% | Independent | high | 27 Aug 2026 | Epoch AI |
Writing
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LLM Creative Story-Writing Benchmark V1 (Lech Mazur) | Mean rubric score (percent of the 10-point scale) | 83.9% | Third party | medium | — | lechmazur/writing Github repository via Epoch AI |
Human preference
| Benchmark | Metric | Value | Provenance | Setting | Evaluated | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1432 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Text Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 58587 | Independent | — | 25 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Vision Arena (arena.ai) | Arena score (Elo scale) | 1216 | Independent | — | 28 Sep 2026 | Arena |
| Vision Arena (arena.ai) | Votes | 45606 | Independent | — | 28 Sep 2026 | Arena |
Other o3 versions
- o3-deep-research24 Jun 2025
- o3-pro10 Jun 2025
- o3-mini31 Jan 2025