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title: "GPT-5.4"
url: "https://handyai.news/modeldrop/gpt-54"
published: "2026-03-05T17:00:00.000Z"
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description: "GPT-5.4, which OpenAI shipped on March 5, 2026, is OpenAI's mainline frontier model that folds in GPT-5.3-Codex's coding and adds native computer use and a…"
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# GPT-5.4

*Published March 5, 2026 · Model Drop*

GPT-5.4, which OpenAI shipped on March 5, 2026, is OpenAI's mainline frontier model that folds in GPT-5.3-Codex's coding and adds native computer use and a far longer context window.

- Model: GPT-5.4 (`gpt-5.4`)
- Maker: OpenAI
- Ship date: March 5, 2026
- Pricing: $2.50 / $15 per M tokens
- Context: 1M tokens
- Where you can use it: ChatGPT as GPT-5.4 Thinking
- OpenAI API and Codex

**When to reach for it**:

- Agents that click through real apps
- Spreadsheets, decks and documents
- Skip it for polished UI design work

**How it compares**:

- Ahead of Claude Opus 4.6 and Gemini 3.1 Pro
- Trails Gemini 3.1 Pro on abstract puzzles

**What makes it different**:

- Tool search loads tools only when needed
- First mainline OpenAI model to run a PC

**Early reactions**: Early testers called it the first model in a while worth trying, though some found it overly verbose and weak at UI design.

**Read more**: [Introducing GPT-5.4](https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-4/), [GPT-5.4 Thinking system card](https://deploymentsafety.openai.com/gpt-5-4-thinking)

## The benchmarks

OpenAI ran its models at xhigh effort (GPT-5.2 at heavy for GDPval) and compared GPT-5.4 only with its own GPT-5.3-Codex, GPT-5.2 and Pro models; GPT-5.3-Codex's OSWorld score was re-run with a new image setting.

#### OpenAI's numbers

- GDPval (expert knowledge work, wins or ties): 83.0%. +12.1 over GPT-5.3-Codex (70.9%), +12.1 over GPT-5.2 (70.9%).
- SWE-bench Pro (harder multi-language fixes): 57.7%. +0.9 over GPT-5.3-Codex (56.8%), +2.1 over GPT-5.2 (55.6%).
- Terminal-Bench 2.0 (command-line agent tasks): 75.1%. +12.9 over GPT-5.2 (62.2%), −2.2 under GPT-5.3-Codex (77.3%).
- OSWorld-Verified (desktop computer use): 75.0%. +1.0 over GPT-5.3-Codex (74.0%), +27.7 over GPT-5.2 (47.3%).
- BrowseComp (hard web research): 82.7%. +5.4 over GPT-5.3-Codex (77.3%), +16.9 over GPT-5.2 (65.8%).
- ARC-AGI-2 (abstract puzzles): 73.3%. +20.4 over GPT-5.2 (52.9%), −10.0 under GPT-5.4 Pro (83.3%).
- Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) (expert questions): 39.8%. +5.3 over GPT-5.2 (34.5%), −2.9 under GPT-5.4 Pro (42.7%).
- GPQA Diamond (grad-level science): 92.8%. +0.2 over GPT-5.3-Codex (92.6%), +0.4 over GPT-5.2 (92.4%).

#### Independent numbers

- Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index (current v4.3.2, AA estimate): 39.0. +7.1 over Claude Opus 4.6 (31.9), +9.3 over Gemini 3.1 Pro (29.7).
- ARC-AGI-2 (ARC Prize semi-private, xhigh effort): 74.0%. +4.8 over Claude Opus 4.6 (69.2%), −3.1 under Gemini 3.1 Pro (77.1%).


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