o3 vs o3-pro
Why this pair: Standard and higher-compute o3 reasoning models
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | o3 | o3-pro |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | OpenAI | OpenAI |
| Family | O3 | O3 |
| Model | o3 | o3-pro |
| Version | o3 | o3-pro |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2025-04-16 | 2025-06-10 |
| Knowledge cutoff | 2024-06-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text, Image |
| Output modalities | Text | Text |
| Context window | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| Total parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| Active parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| License | Unknown | Unknown |
| Open weights | No | No |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | No |
| Provider access | Openai (Standard), Openrouter (Standard) | Openai (Standard), Openrouter (Standard) |
| Capabilities | chat, generation, reasoning, structured_outputs, tools | chat, generation, reasoning, structured_outputs, tools |
15 comparable fields · 3 material differences · Editorially curated pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
o3 Capabilities
o3-pro Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
o3 vs o3-pro FAQs
Is o3 or o3-pro better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both o3 and o3-pro, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, o3 or o3-pro?+
o3 is $1.00 and o3-pro is $20.00 per million tokens, so o3 is cheaper on this metric. o3 is $4.00 and o3-pro is $80.00 per million tokens, so o3 is cheaper on this metric.
Which has a larger context window, o3 or o3-pro?+
Neither model has a larger sourced context window in this comparison. o3 is 200,000 and o3-pro is 200,000.
Which performs better in benchmarks, o3 or o3-pro?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can o3 or o3-pro be self-hosted?+
Both models have the same recorded self-hosting status: unsupported. o3 is not marked open weight; o3-pro is not marked open weight.
Can o3 and o3-pro understand images?+
o3 is documented with image input; o3-pro is documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, o3 or o3-pro?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. o3 is 100,000 and o3-pro is 100,000.
Do o3 and o3-pro support reasoning and tool use?+
o3: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. o3-pro: reasoning, tool calling, and image input. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, o3 or o3-pro?+
o3 has 2 sourced provider routes; o3-pro has 2, a tie.
Which offers better value, o3 or o3-pro?+
There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.