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OpenAI

GPT-5.3 Codex Spark

Announced Feb 12, 2026

Coding with very low delay

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What could it do?

OpenAI previewed a smaller model optimized for fast coding responses on Cerebras hardware.

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What changed?

Prioritized interactive speed.

WHY IT MATTERED

Reduced waiting during iterative coding.

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Where it fell short

Research preview; initially text only with a 128K context window.

Sources checked Oct 7, 2026

Release facts were checked against the sources below. Performance claims belong to the developers; we have not independently tested these models.

Developer announcement or release log

Benchmark results

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