GPT-5.4 Codex vs GPT-5 Codex: The 2026 Upgrade Decision

GPT-5.4 CodexGPT-5 Codex
arenaElo14081395
humanEval95.594.8
sweBench7068
mmlu88.687.2
gpqa60.858.4
aime8685
Price in/out ($/M)$9 / $36$8 / $32

Our verdict

5.4 Codex gains ~0.7 HumanEval points, a 100K bigger context and ~2 extra GPQA points over 5 Codex, at ~12% more cost. For high-stakes automated PR pipelines, worth the bump. For routine autocomplete, 5 Codex still wins on price.

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