OpenAIReleased on Mar 4, 2026

GPT-5.3 Chat: API Pricing, Context Window & Benchmarks

GPT-5.3 Chat is a language model from OpenAI, released in March 2026, with multimodal input, a 128K-token context window, and pricing from $1.75/M input and $14.00/M output.

GPT-5.3 Chat is the instant model used in ChatGPT. It features high intelligence with medium speed, supporting text and image inputs with a 128k context window. It supports streaming, function calling, and structured outputs, priced at

Input
TextImage
Output
Text

GPT-5.3 Chat benchmarks

Rankings

Quality Tracker

GPT-5.3 Chat Performance Across Datasets

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

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GPT-5.3 Chat pricing

Providers

GPT-5.3 Chat starts at $1.75 per million input tokens and $14.00 per million output tokens via OpenAI.

ProviderInput $/MOutput $/MContext in / outTTFT p50 / p95 sOutput avg / p5 c/sSuccess 7dModalities in / out
OpenAI logoOpenAI
$1.75$14.00128.0K/16.4K
1.54/1.54
387/387
100.00%(3)
/

Cached input is the discounted price for prompt tokens served from a provider cache. TTFT is time to first token. Output is characters per second; p5 is the sustained floor exceeded by 95% of observed requests. Success is calculated from completed versus failed requests over the trailing seven days.

GPT-5.3 Chat context window

Input and output token limits for GPT-5.3 Chat, plus how it ranks on long-context understanding.

InputOutput
128Ktokens
16Ktokens
192 pages of text
128K
8K128K1M

GPT-5.3 Chat API

POST/v1/chat/completions

Run a request to see the response

Use it in your code

Billed at $1.75 input / $14.00 output per 1M tokens through the LLM Stats gateway.

from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY",
    base_url="https://gateway.llm-stats.com/v1"
)

response = client.chat.completions.create(
    model="gpt-5.3-chat-latest",
    messages=[
        {"role": "user", "content": "What is machine learning?"}
    ]
)

print(response.choices[0].message.content)

Need an API key? Create one above in the playground, or read the API documentation.

GPT-5.3 Chat latency

GPT-5.3 Chat time to first token, sustained output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic over the trailing 7 days.

Provider operational metrics

Time to first token, output throughput, and failed-request rate from live API traffic

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GPT-5.3 Chat examples

Recent arena outputs from GPT-5.3 Chat, picked from the highest-ranked matchups.

GPT-5.3 Chat license

GPT-5.3 Chat is a proprietary model available under its provider's product and API terms, has a knowledge cutoff of August 2025.

License
Proprietary
Hosted access
Knowledge cutoff
August 2025

Proprietary license - usage restrictions apply

GPT-5.3 Chat resources

Official sources for GPT-5.3 Chat: api documentation, official playground.

GPT-5.3 Chat vs other models

The most-compared alternatives to GPT-5.3 Chat are GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.6 Luna. Open any pair side-by-side for benchmarks, pricing, context, and latency.

Models like GPT-5.3 Chat

Models ranked just above and below GPT-5.3 Chat by LLM Stats score.

 

GPT-5.5 Instant

Score pending
 

GPT-5.6 Terra

Score pending
 

GPT-5.6 Luna

Score pending
 

GPT OSS 120B

Score pending
 

GPT OSS 20B

Score pending

FAQ

Common questions about GPT-5.3 Chat.

When was GPT-5.3 Chat released?

GPT-5.3 Chat was released on March 4, 2026 by OpenAI. This is the official GPT-5.3 Chat release date tracked on LLM Stats.

How much does GPT-5.3 Chat cost?

GPT-5.3 Chat costs $1.75 per million input tokens and $14.00 per million output tokens through the LLM Stats API, which works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK. Across tracked providers, the lowest price is $1.75 per million input tokens via OpenAI.

Is GPT-5.3 Chat available via API?

Yes. GPT-5.3 Chat is available through the LLM Stats API and works with any OpenAI-compatible SDK — point your client at the gateway base URL and pass the model name. It is served by 1 provider tracked on LLM Stats.

Who created GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.3 Chat was created by OpenAI.

What is the license for GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.3 Chat is released under the Proprietary license.

What is the knowledge cutoff date for GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.3 Chat has a knowledge cutoff of August 2025, meaning it was trained on data up to that point and may not know about events after it.

Is GPT-5.3 Chat multimodal?

Yes, GPT-5.3 Chat is multimodal and can accept both text and images as input.

What is GPT-5.3 Chat latency?

GPT-5.3 Chat p95 time to first token is 1.54 seconds via OpenAI over the trailing 7 days. Lower time to first token means the model begins responding sooner for chat, agents and API workloads.

Where can I use GPT-5.3 Chat?

GPT-5.3 Chat is available through 1 provider including OpenAI.

What models should I compare GPT-5.3 Chat against?

Common GPT-5.3 Chat comparisons include GPT-5.3 Chat vs GPT-5.5 Instant, GPT-5.3 Chat vs GPT-5.6 Terra, GPT-5.3 Chat vs GPT-5.6 Luna. Compare them side by side for benchmark scores, pricing, context window, latency and API availability.