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GPT-5 Codex: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

GPT-5 Codex is a language model from OpenAI, released in September 2025.

GPT-5 Codex has been trained specifically for conducting code reviews and finding critical flaws. When reviewing, it navigates your codebase and analyzes code patterns to identify potential security vulnerabilities, performance issues, and

GPT-5 Codex benchmarks

Capability tiers

Standing within each category, adjusted for leaderboard depth.

Real tasks performance

How GPT-5 Codex performs across real-world prompt categories.

Performance by conversation depth

How GPT-5 Codex holds up as conversations get longer.

Quality Tracker

GPT-5 Codex Performance Across Datasets

Scores sourced from the model's scorecard, paper, or official blog posts

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GPT-5 Codex API

Available from the model provider

GPT-5 Codex has an official provider API. It is not currently routed through the LLM Stats gateway.

Read the official API documentation

GPT-5 Codex latency

GPT-5 Codex time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

GPT-5 Codex examples

Recent arena outputs from GPT-5 Codex, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

GPT-5 Codex license

GPT-5 Codex is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms, has a knowledge cutoff of September 2024.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access
Knowledge cutoff
September 2024

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

GPT-5 Codex resources

Official sources for GPT-5 Codex: api documentation, official playground, official launch post.

GPT-5 Codex vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to GPT-5 Codex are Step-3.5-Flash, Claude Opus 4.1, GPT-5. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like GPT-5 Codex

Models ranked just above and below GPT-5 Codex by LLM Stats score.

 

Step-3.5-Flash

Score pending
 

Claude Opus 4.1

Score pending
 

GPT-5

Score pending
 

MiMo-V2-Omni

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about GPT-5 Codex.

When was GPT-5 Codex released?

GPT-5 Codex was released on September 15, 2025 by OpenAI. This is the official GPT-5 Codex release date tracked on LLM Stats.

Is GPT-5 Codex available via API?

Yes, GPT-5 Codex is available via API. See the official documentation for authentication and endpoint details.

Who created GPT-5 Codex?

GPT-5 Codex was created by OpenAI.

What is the license for GPT-5 Codex?

GPT-5 Codex is released under the Proprietary license.

What is the knowledge cutoff date for GPT-5 Codex?

GPT-5 Codex has a knowledge cutoff of September 2024, meaning it was trained on data up to that point and may not know about events after it.

Where is the GPT-5 Codex paper or technical report?

GPT-5 Codex has a paper or technical report available at https://openai.com/index/introducing-upgrades-to-codex/. Use that source for architecture, training, release and evaluation details.

What models should I compare GPT-5 Codex against?

Common GPT-5 Codex comparisons include GPT-5 Codex vs Step-3.5-Flash, GPT-5 Codex vs Claude Opus 4.1, GPT-5 Codex vs GPT-5. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.